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fan-tailed

fan-tailed adjective: of a bird, having a tail that is narrow at the base and fans out towards the tips.

Adjective

fan-tailed (comparative more fan-tailed, superlative most fan-tailed)

  1. Of a bird, having a tail that is narrow at the base and fans out towards the tips.

Forms of fan-tailed

comparativemore fan-tailed
superlativemost fan-tailed

Words formed from fan-tailed

Phrases with fan-tailed

Questions about fan-tailed

What does fan-tailed mean?
Fan-tailed means of a bird, having a tail that is narrow at the base and fans out towards the tips.
What part of speech is fan-tailed?
Fan-tailed is an adjective.

Words near fan-tailed in the dictionary

  1. fan-in-fin
  2. fan-made
  3. fan-nerved
  4. fan-servicey
  5. fan-shaped
  6. fan-tailed
  7. fan-tailed warbler
  8. fan-tailed warblers
  9. fan-tan
  10. fan-veined
  11. fan-wheel

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