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Fan-tailed

Fan-tailed \Fan"-tailed`\, a. (Zo["o]l.) Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

Usage examples of "fan-tailed".

Each wore a reddish-pink halo of algal bloom in which fan-tailed sievers of bloated mien held court, arcing and diving like pale prima donnas in a perpetual alien pax de deux.