fantail

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fantail goldfish \fan"tail` gold"fish\, n. (Zool.)
   a type of goldfish bred artificially, having a realtively
   short oval body and a tail with four lobes arrayed somewhat
   like a folding fan, as though forming a part of the surface
   of a cone. Called also {fantail}.
   [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Fantail \Fan"tail`\ (f[a^]n"t[=a]l`), n. (Zool.)
   (a) A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the
       shape of the tail.
   (b) Any bird of the Australian genus {Rhipidura}, in which
       the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight.
       They belong to the family of flycatchers.
   (c) the {fantail goldfish}.
       [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

18 Moby Thesaurus words for "fantail":
      brush, cauda, caudal appendage, caudation, counter, cue, dock,
      heel, pigtail, poop, queue, rattail, rudderpost, stern, stub, tail,
      tail end, tailpiece

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