Look up: wagtail

1. wagtail
   [n] - Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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2. Wagtail
   Wag'tail` noun (Zoology) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidæ . They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence t...
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3. wagtail
   <ornithology> Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name. Field wagtail, any one of several species of wagtails of the ge...
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4. wagtail
   noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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5. Wagtail
   • (n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.
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6. wagtail
   any of the 7 to 10 species of the bird genus Motacilla, of the family Motacillidae, together with the forest wagtail (Dendronanthus indicus) of ... [1 related articles]
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7. wagtail
   wagtail: see pipit.
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8. wagtail
   Slim, narrow-billed bird of the genus Motacilla, in the family Motacillidae, order Passeriformes, about 18 cm/7 in long, with a characteristic flicking movement of the tail. There are about 30 species, found mostly in Eurasia and Africa
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9. Wagtail
   The `wagtails` form the passerine bird genus Motacilla. They are small birds with long tails which they wag frequently. `Motacilla`, the root of the family and genus name, means moving tail. The Forest Wagtail belongs to the monotypic genus Dendronanthus which is closely ...
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10. Wagtail
    (missile) The `Wagtail` missile, also known as "Wag Tail", was a short-range nuclear missile developed in the late 1950s by Minneapolis-Honeywell under a contract awarded by the United States Air Force. Intended for use as an auxiliary weapon by bomber aircraft, the missile was succ...
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