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Fantail

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Noun

1. fantail

an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fantail

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noun
1. 
a breed of domestic pigeon having a large tail that can be opened like a fan
2. 
any Old World flycatcher of the genus Rhipidura, of Australia, New Zealand, and SE Asia, having a broad fan-shaped tail
3. 
a tail shaped like an outspread fan
4. architecture
a part or structure having a number of components radiating from a common centre
5. 
a burner that ejects fuel to produce a wide flat flame in a lamp or furnace
6. 
a flat jet of air and coal dust projected into the air stream of a pulverized-coal furnace
7. 
an auxiliary sail on the upper portion of a windmill that turns the mill to face the wind
8. US
a curved part of the deck projecting aft of the sternpost of a ship

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Fantail

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noun
1. 
a part, tail, or end spread out like an opened fan
2.  Nautical
a. 
the overhanging portion of the stern on some ships
b. 
the part of the main deck at the stern
3.  Zoology
any of various birds with a very broad tail, as a variety of pigeon

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fantail

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n.
1. Any of a breed of domestic pigeons having a rounded, fan-shaped tail.
2. Any of several birds of the genus Rhipidura of eastern Asia and Australia, having a long, fan-shaped tail.
3. Any of a breed of goldfish having a wide, fanlike double tail fin.
4. A fanlike tail or end.
5. Nautical The stern overhang of a ship.

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