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wag·tail
(wăg′tāl′)n.
Any of various chiefly Eurasian or African insectivorous birds of the family Motacillidae, having a slender body with a long tail that constantly wags.
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wagtail
(ˈwæɡˌteɪl)n
(Animals) any of various passerine songbirds of the genera Motacilla and Dendronanthus, of Eurasia and Africa, having a very long tail that wags when the bird walks: family Motacillidae
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wag•tail
(ˈwægˌteɪl)n.
1. any of various slim, usu. boldly patterned songbirds of the family Motacillidae, mainly of Eurasia and Africa, having a long tail that wags up and down when the bird is still.
2. any of several similar birds, as the water thrushes of the genus Seiurus.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Motacilla, Motacilla - type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails |
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