fantail

  • 21fantail — noun Date: 1728 1. a fan shaped tail or end 2. a domestic pigeon having a broad rounded tail often with 30 or 40 feathers 3. an architectural part resembling a fan 4. a counter or after overhang of a ship shaped like a duck s bill …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 22fantail — noun a) Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia and Australia b) Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan shaped tail …

    Wiktionary

  • 23fantail — Synonyms and related words: brush, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, counter, cue, dock, heel, pigtail, poop, queue, rattail, rudderpost, stern, stub, tail, tail end, tailpiece …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 24fantail — n. tail of a peacock; tail which spreads out like a fan; type of fish; type of bird …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 25fantail — n. 1 a pigeon with a broad shaped tail. 2 any flycatcher of the genus Rhipidura, with a fan shaped tail. 3 a fan shaped tail or end. 4 the fan of a windmill. 5 the projecting part of a boat s stern. Derivatives: fantailed adj …

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  • 26fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family. * * * …

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  • 27fantail goldfish — fan′tail gold′fish n. ich a variety of goldfish with a deeply cleft four lobed tail held in line with the body …

    From formal English to slang

  • 28fantail joint — noun : dovetail joint …

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  • 29fantail mullet — noun or fan tailed mullet : a mullet (Querimana trichodon) found from Brazil to Key West where it is used as food …

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  • 30fantail darter — a North American freshwater fish, Etheostoma flabellare, of the perch family …

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