wagtail

/wag-teyl/US // ˈwægˌteɪl //UK // (ˈwæɡˌteɪl) //

鹡鸰,燕尾服,鹡鸰鸟,鹡鸰草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : any 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.
- : any of several similar birds, as the water thrushes of the genus Seiurus.

From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.
The wagtail is a house-bird, making the houses or cattle-pens its centre, and remaining about them for months.
Brown thrushes, dark blackbird, blue tit, and wagtail gave a little colour to the angle of the meadow.
In the ivy close under the window there, within reach of the hand, a water-wagtail built its nest.
These are both black-and-white birds—the magpie-robin (Copsychus saularis) and the pied wagtail (Motacilla maderaspatensis).