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Wagtail

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Noun

1. wagtail

Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Wagtail

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noun
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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Wagtail

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noun
1. 
any of numerous small passerine birds (family Motacillidae) mostly native to Europe, characterized by long wing feathers and a very long tail that wags up and down
2.  US
any of various similar birds, as an American waterthrush

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Wagtail

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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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