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1. (n.) fantail
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
2. fantail
a bird having a broad, upward-slanting tail, as one of a breed of domestic pigeon.
3. fantail
the rounded overhang of the stern of some ships.
4. (adj.) fantail
(of shrimp) shelled, split almost through, and flattened slightly before cooking.
Etymology: (1720–30)
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1. (noun) fantail
an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
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1. (noun) fantail
a variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail
2. (noun) fantail
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
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