fan-tailed

Like certain warblers

Fan-tailed describes something with a tail that spreads out in a fan shape—wide at the end, narrow at the base.

The term applies most often to birds: a fan-tailed pigeon, the fan-tailed warbler.

It can describe anything with a similar spreading rear structure: a fan-tailed shrimp, the fan-tailed stern of the old yacht.

bird

warbler

Small melodious bird

songbird · plumage · feathers · beak · wingbeat · perch · roost · nesting · fledgling · migrate

peacock

plumage

Bird's complete feather coat

display · courtship · strutting · preening · colorful · argus · crest · breeding · peafowl · exotic

spread

unfurled

Opened and displayed

radiate · diverge · accordion · pleated · unfold · expand · extend · open · outstretched · wide

Opposites
tail shape

fan-tailedpin-tailed

Having pointed tail feathers

swallow-tailed

Family

fan, tail, tailed, fans, fanned, fanning, tails, tailing, fantail

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G