wagtail

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

cutrettola

batticoda

ballerina

motacilla

ballerina bianca

boarina

bovarina

sinonimi

blackcap

minx

pied wagtail

white wagtail

longclaw

mid-feather

parting slip

wagtail-warbler

Eurasian blackcap

Traduzioni

bergeronnette

Bachstelze

kwikstaart

lavandera

alvéola

hochequeue

σουσουράδα

Motacilla

aguzanieves

Stelzen

Motacilla spp.

cuereta

Stelze

kuyruksallayan

Etimologia (Inglese)

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