Fantail
in zoölogy, a genus of Australian birds (Rhipidura) belonging to the family Muscicapide. They derive their name from the fan-like shape of their tails. Also a variety of the domestic pigeon. In gas lighting a form of gas burner, in which the burning jet has an arched form. In carpentry, a kind of joint.
Fantail warbler; in ornithology, Cisticola cursitans, a very tiny bird, somewhat like a diminutive lark. It is a na- ticola cursitans, a very tiny bird, sometive of southern Europe, Africa, India, and China.