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wagtails
n. (plural of wagtail English)
Usage examples of "wagtails".
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.
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.
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.