'Fantail' definitions:
Definition of 'fantail'
(from WordNet)
noun
An overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
Definition of 'Fantail'
From: GCIDE
- Fantail \Fan"tail`\ (f[a^]n"t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.) (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail. (b) Any bird of the Australian genus Rhipidura, in which the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers. (c) the fantail goldfish. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'fantail'
From: GCIDE
- fantail goldfish \fan"tail` gold"fish\, n. (Zool.) a type of goldfish bred artificially, having a realtively short oval body and a tail with four lobes arrayed somewhat like a folding fan, as though forming a part of the surface of a cone. Called also fantail. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'fantail'
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