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fantail

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7 lettersPronunciation /ˈfænˌteɪl/Part of speech nounSorted aafilntStarts with FEnds with L0 clues
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Definitions

  1. an overhang consisting of the fan-shaped part of the deck extending aft of the sternpost of a ship

Word origin

From fan + tail. The sense of Rhipidura-genus birds is a calque of translingual Rhipidura.

Used in a sentence

  • The Paranoids cast off, backed the Godzilla II out from the pier, turned and with a concerted whoop took off like a bat out of hell, nearly sending Di Presso over the fantail.

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