fantail
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[edit]Fantail (on the left) of the RMS Titanic (4)
Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]fantail (plural fantails)
- Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
- Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
- Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail.
- (nautical) An overhanging deck at the stern of a ship.
- 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC, page 38:
- The Paranoids cast off, backed the Godzilla II out from the pier, turned and with a concerted whoop took off like a bat out of hell, nearly sending Di Presso over the fantail.
- A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
- A brimmed hat with just the back of the brim turned up.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]bird of the genus Rhipidura
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Further reading
[edit]Fantail (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Rhipidura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Columba livia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Carassius auratus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams
[edit]Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Noun
[edit]fantail f
- verbal noun of fan