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Meanings of motacilla in anglès

rus
трясогузка
portuguès
labandeira
espanyol
motacilla
català
cuereta
Wikidata

Genus of birds.

Related terms
cuereta
portuguès
alvéola
català
genus motacilla
espanyol
género motacilla

Type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails.

genus motacilla
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Examples for "wagtails"
Examples for "wagtails"
1
He had thought out the meaning of the wagtails building in his hand.
Invisible Links
2
Most small birds hop; but wagtails and larks walk, moving their legs alternately.
The Natural History of Selborne
3
The wagtails have returned to O'Connell Street in Dublin, on the GPO side.
The Irish Times
4
Pied wagtails hunted flies among the vertebrae strewn over the field behind the factory.
The Guardian
5
The little wagtails built and shaped busily all day, and the work progressed rapidly.
Invisible Links
Usage of motacilla in anglès
1
This species of Motacilla is called by Ray Regulus non cristatus.
The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
2
In one, it is called "Motacilla rubecula;" in the other, "Rubecula familiaris."
Love's Meinie: Three Lectures on Greek and English Birds
3
Grey-wagtail, Motacilla cinerea: These frequent shallow rivulets near the spring heads, where they never freeze: eat the aureliae of Phryganea.
The Natural History of Selborne