Fantail

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:36:09

Fan"tail` (?), n. Zool. (a)

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

(b)

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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