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wagtail
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of various small passerine birds of the family Motacillidae, of the Old World, notable for their long tails.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wagtail \Wag"tail`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillid[ae] . They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name. ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Wagtail is a free and open source Content Management System (CMS) written in Python . It is popular amongst CMSes using the Django framework . The project is maintained by a team of open-source contributors backed by companies around the world. The project ...
Usage examples of wagtail.
As soon as the Kangaroo heard the Bush Wagtail, she and Dot hurried away to find him.
Although the Kangaroo was longing to hear the reason why so many Bush creatures had collected round Dot whilst she was away, she was too anxious to carry her to Willy Wagtail before nightfall to wait and enquire what had happened.
Willy Wagtail, with a jerk of his tail which nearly sent him headlong off the rail.
I know where Mr Willie Wagtail lives, and where the flying squirrel plays, and lots of other things, and best of all where the lyre-bird dances.
They danced about a bush, the magpie tantalisingly holding the moth for acceptance and hopping off as the wagtail was about to snatch it.
After this the game was frequently played, but the magpie had invariably to make it worth the while of the wagtail by offering a prize in the shape of some tit-bit.
But she did not say anything, for it was quite clear in her little mind that Blackfellows, kangaroos, and willy wagtails had a very poor opinion of white people.
Dot glanced through the branches, and saw two wagtails, who looked very smart with their black coats and white waistcoats, sitting on two posts of the fence a little way off.
Far back in the snow-time a pair of wagtails used to come several times a day close to the windows, their black markings showing up singularly well against the snow on the ground.
The wagtails appear to be the first of the migrant birds to return, long before the hail of April rattles against the windows and leaps up in the short grass.
Hedgesparrows, coal-tits, wagtails, yellowhammers, robins, bullfinches, half the birdlife of Germany was pecking at her finger through the wooden bars.
When a band of wagtails has compelled a bird of prey to retreat, they make the air resound with their triumphant cries, and after that they separate.
They rose like a flock of wagtails startled into sudden flight and headed for the room where his clothes were.
The hens were pecking round it, some chickens were balanced on the drinking trough, wagtails flew away in among trucks, from the water.
Hedgesparrows, coal-tits, wagtails, yellowhammers, robins, bullfinches, half the birdlife of Germany was pecking at her finger through the wooden bars.