wagtail

wag·tail  (wgtl)

n.

Any of various chiefly Old World birds of the family Motacillidae, having a slender body with a long tail that constantly wags.

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wagtail

Noun

a small songbird of Eurasia and Africa with a very long tail that wags up and down when it walks

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

wagtail - Old World bird having a very long tail that jerks up and down as it walks oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus genus Motacilla, Motacilla - type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails