■ noun
1》 a fan-shaped tail or end.
2》 chiefly N. Amer. the overhanging part of the stern of a warship.
3》 a domestic pigeon of a broad-tailed variety.
4》 (also ~ flycatcher ) a SE Asian and Australasian flycatcher with a long tapering tail, often fanned out. [Genus Rhipidura : numerous species.]
Derivatives
fan-tailed adjective