fantail

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: fan=tail

CIDE DICTIONARY

fantail, n. 

 A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

fantail, n.
1 a pigeon with a broad-shaped tail.
2 any flycatcher of the genus Rhipidura, with a fan-shaped tail.
3 a fan-shaped tail or end.
4 the fan of a windmill.
5 the projecting part of a boat's stern.

Derivative

fantailed adj.

THESAURUS

fantail

brush, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, counter, cue, dock, heel, pigtail, poop, queue, rattail, rudderpost, stern, stub, tail, tail end, tailpiece