See Also: fantail(medicine)
fantail(dictionary)

oligist (iou) and fantail (medicine)


oligist (iou)



oligist noun. E19.
[from Greek oligistos least, superl. of oligos small, little, (pl.) few (so called as containing less iron than magnetite).]
Mineralogy. More fully oligist iron. = HAEMATITE.
oli'gistic adjective containing or resembling oligist E19.

fantail (medicine)


fantail
<zoology> A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.

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.

Source: Websters Dictionary