Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fantail"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fantail \Fan"tail`\ (f[a^]n"t[=a]l`), 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fantail
n : an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck
extending aft of the sternpost of a ship
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