wagtail

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈwægteɪl/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(wag′tāl′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
wag•tail  (wag′tāl′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of numerous small, chiefly Old World birds of the family Motacillidae, having a slender body with a long, narrow tail that is habitually wagged up and down.
  2. Birdsany of several similar birds, as the water thrushes of the genus Seiurus.
  • wag + tail1 1500–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
wagtail / ˈwæɡˌteɪl/
  1. 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
'wagtail' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
pied wagtail - water wagtail - willy wagtail

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