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Meanings of wagtails in English

Russian
трясогузка
Portuguese
labandeira
Spanish
motacilla
Catalan
cuereta
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Genus of birds.

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Examples for "motacilla"
Examples for "motacilla"
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
Usage of wagtails in English
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
6
Like the wagtails, she looked in harmony with her surroundings.
Afoot in England
7
Hume records a case of a pair of pied wagtails nesting in a ferry-boat.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India
8
A pair of yellow wagtails arrived and played at hide-and-seek among the stuccoed pillars.
Huntingtower
9
These worshippers of animals are as cautious as water- wagtails.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 09
10
The name is not a particularly good one, because wagtails proper occur in the Himalayas.
Birds of the Indian Hills
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Hither and thither flit the wagtails, finding little half-uncovered stones in the current to perch upon.
Afoot in England
12
The offering of a few crumbs is appreciated by two grey wagtails, but our search continues.
The Guardian
13
The wagtails, on the contrary, are tame and confiding throughout all places, whether civilised or savage.
Wild Beasts and Their Ways, Reminiscences of Europe, Asia, Afric...
14
Then the wagtails began to build again, without troubling themselves any more about nature's many wonders.
Invisible Links
15
By the middle of the month the pied wagtails and pied bush chats are in full song.
A Bird Calendar for Northern India
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Allied to the wagtails are the pipits.
Birds of the Indian Hills
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Spanish
motacilla
Wagtails through the time