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Meanings of motacilla in English

Russian
трясогузка
Portuguese
labandeira
Spanish
motacilla
Catalan
cuereta
Wikidata

Genus of birds.

        Related terms
        трясогузка
        Portuguese
        alvéola
        Catalan
        genus motacilla
        Spanish
        género motacilla

        Type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails.

              alvéola
              Synonyms
              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 English
              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
              Translations for motacilla