wagtail

Signification (Anglais)

1. Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis) Ellipsis of wagtail platy.

Concepts

bergeronnette

hochequeue

hoche-queue

bergerette

lavandière

fauvette à tête noire

motacilla

bergeronettes

Synonymes

blackcap

minx

pied wagtail

white wagtail

longclaw

mid-feather

parting slip

wagtail-warbler

Eurasian blackcap

Traductions

Bachstelze

kwikstaart

cutrettola

lavandera

alvéola

σουσουράδα

ballerina

Motacilla

batticoda

aguzanieves

Stelzen

Motacilla spp.

cuereta

Stelze

Étymologie (Anglais)

From a partial suppletion of Middle English wagstert (literally “wag-tail”), equivalent to wag + tail.