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Meanings of wagtail in anglès

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Usage of wagtail in anglès
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But there was no immediate answer; the water-wagtail evidently found it difficult.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 07
2
A lone pied wagtail visits the bird feeders outside our kitchen window.
The Irish Times
3
Tell that to your mother, little wagtail, and come again very often.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 05
4
And the water-wagtail, pushed forward by no gentle hand, appeared within the doorway.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 07
5
The grey wagtail, you probably know, is the wagtail that is not grey.
The Pleasures of Ignorance
6
As was stated above, this species is often called the hill-wagtail.
Birds of the Indian Hills
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I think they may be those of a pied wagtail which we have here.
The Irish Times
8
These display the elegant form of the wagtail and the sober colouring of the lark.
Birds of the Indian Hills
9
All at once he turned round to Claude with the agile quickness of a wagtail.
Notre-Dame de Paris
10
The wagtail perching on a reed scarcely bends it, and, flying away, crosses the ocean.
The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
11
He waved the little wagtail's feather before their eyes.
The Extra Day
12
Something in the style of the birds recalls the wagtail, though they are so much larger.
The Open Air
13
At the time when all the animals spoke, a wagtail laid her eggs on the ground.
Moorish Literature / Comprising Romantic Ballads, Tales of the B...
14
And in the autumn to see them return, grey goose, starling, wagtail, and all the rest.
The Great Hunger
15
The pipits are members of the wagtail family.
Birds of the Indian Hills
16
Her own people call her the little water-wagtail.
The Bride of the Nile — Volume 01
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