fantail
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
fantail (plural fantails)
- Any of several birds, of the genus Rhipidura, from Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
- Any of several domestic varieties of pigeon having a fan-shaped tail.
- Any of several goldfish having a large fan-shaped tail.
- (nautical) An overhanging deck at the stern of a ship.
- 1966, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 3, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York: Bantam Books, published 1976, →ISBN, page 38:
- The Paranoids cast off, backed the Godzilla II out from the pier, turned and with a concerted whoop took off like a bat out of hell, nearly sending Di Presso over the fantail.
- A small windmill mounted at right angles to the sails, at the rear of the windmill, used to turn the cap automatically to bring it into the wind.
- A brimmed hat with just the back of the brim turned up.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
bird of the genus Rhipidura
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Further reading[edit]
- Fantail (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rhipidura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Columba livia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Carassius auratus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams[edit]
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Noun[edit]
fantail f
- verbal noun of fan