Look up: wagtail

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   Wagtail
   see 'Motacilla'
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   wagtail
   [n] - Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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   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 the name. Field wagtail , any one of several species of wagtails of the genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legs longer, an ...
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   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 genus Budytes having the tail shorter, the legs long ...
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   wagtail
   noun Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks
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   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 related to `Motacilla` and sometimes included herein. The Willie Wagtail (`Rhipidura leucophrys`) of Australia is an unrelated bird similar in colouration and shape to the...
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   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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   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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   wagtail
   wagtail: see pipit.
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