fantail

Noun

Meaning

A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

back cap hat stern tail counter companion kiss heel brush dock coma kissing outboard poop
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Antonyms

whole base basis middle core root
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Hypernyms

overhang

Phrases with the word

fantail darter fantail goldfish fantail pigeon

Anagrams

tailfan

Examples

Aerial survey and mapping flights over Johnston were conducted with a Douglas DT-2 floatplane carried on her fantail, which was hoisted into the water for take off. Source: Internet

In 1745, the windmill was improved by blacksmith Edmund Lee, who added a fantail to keep the face of the windmill pointing into the wind. Source: Internet

''' Rhipiduridae fantails * Lord Howe fantail, Rhipidura fuliginosa cervina (Lord Howe Island, Southwest Pacific, c. 1925) : New Zealand fantail subspecies that was considered virtually extinct in 1924 and not found by surveys four years later. Source: Internet

The aircraft would have been floatplanes launched from catapults on the ship's fantail. Source: Internet

This forward and aft main deck and fantail were designed to stay submerged and were covered in convert iron plate, built up in two layers. Source: Internet

I’d often do activities, she’d sit on the fantail and read a book! Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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