fantail
noun
a tail, end, or part shaped like a fan.
fan-tailed
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a word derived from
fantail.
Example Sentences
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A tiny fire flickered on the Franklin hearth; the iridescent fan-tailed fish bent and flattened and glided in the translucent globe; an old clock ticked restfully somewhere.
From The Strange Cases of Dr. Stanchon by Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
The wood abounds with several species of birds, among which a green Bulbul is the most common, then the fan-tailed Parus, with its coquettish airs; judging from the voice there is a species of Bucco.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith
Rhipidura, rip-i-dū′ra, n. the posterior pair of pleopods of a crustacean: the fan-tailed fly-catcher.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Of the genera peculiar to North America,—but which are unknown in the South,—found in Mexico, are the fan-tailed wagtails, titmice, and worm-eating warblers—blue robins, ground-finch and sand-finch, crescent-starlings and ground-woodpecker.
From The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America by William Henry Giles Kingston
My waif was curled up in my kimono, feeding my fan-tailed goldfish.
From Jane Journeys On by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
