fantail noun. ['fanteɪl] E18.
[from FAN noun¹ + TAIL noun¹.]
1. A fan-shaped tail or lower end. E18.

2. A broad-tailed variety of the domestic pigeon. Also fantail pigeon, fantail dove. M18.

3. Any of numerous monarch flycatchers of the largely SE Asian and Australasian genus Rhipidura (also fantail flycatcher). L18.

4. The projecting part of the stern of a boat. L19.

5. The fan of a windmill. M20.

■ fantailed adjective E19.

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