Type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails.
Sinònims
Examples for "wagtails"
Examples for "wagtails"
1He had thought out the meaning of the wagtails building in his hand.
2Most small birds hop; but wagtails and larks walk, moving their legs alternately.
3The wagtails have returned to O'Connell Street in Dublin, on the GPO side.
4Pied wagtails hunted flies among the vertebrae strewn over the field behind the factory.
5The little wagtails built and shaped busily all day, and the work progressed rapidly.
1This species of Motacilla is called by Ray Regulus non cristatus.
2In one, it is called "Motacilla rubecula;" in the other, "Rubecula familiaris."
3Grey-wagtail, Motacilla cinerea: These frequent shallow rivulets near the spring heads, where they never freeze: eat the aureliae of Phryganea.
Translations for motacilla