Meanings
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1
noun
Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
The word fantail appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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noun
an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
The word fantail appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
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3
noun
Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
The word fantail appears in scientific writing with a precise technical sense.
Etymology
From fan + tail. The sense of Rhipidura-genus birds is a calque of translingual Rhipidura.