pied wagtail

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noun

a British songbird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, with a black throat and back, long black tail, and white underparts and face: family Motacillidae (wagtails and pipits)

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Words nearby pied wagtail

pie-dog, Pied Piper, pied-piping, Piedras Negras, pied shag, pied wagtail, pie-eyed, pie-faced, piefort, piehole, pie in the sky

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How to use pied wagtail in a sentence

People are still far more likely to buy a million dollar pied à terre in Manhattan than to do so in Oklahoma City.
Houston Rising—Why the Next Great American Cities Aren’t What You Think|Joel Kotkin|April 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He was the Pied Piper of life and brought joy to everyone he knew.
‘Dallas’ Star Larry Hagman Dead at 81|Jace Lacob|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
For instance: after getting pied, you could taste some of it and make a face that says “Hmm, not bad!”
Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney’s Political Humor (VIDEOS)|Mark Katz|February 3, 2012|DAILY BEAST
These men are like avian pied pipers" who lure problem birds out of the trees and "send them spiraling over the sloughs.
Great Weekend Reads|The Daily Beast|February 12, 2011|DAILY BEAST

Sarah Palin and Rush Limbaugh are the Pied Pipers of the Republican Party.
Obama's Campaign Mastermind|Richard Wolffe|November 3, 2009|DAILY BEAST
From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 158, April 28, 1920|Various
A second version of the False Claimant story is found in Le cerf au pied blanc.
The Three Days' Tournament|Jessie L. Weston
Liszt is a poet, not a chronicler; he must be read as such, and not be taken au pied de la lettre.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician|Frederick Niecks
It varies indifferently from a yellowish brown to a pied, and from a pied to a white.
Buffon's Natural History. Volume IX (of 10)|Georges Louis Leclerc de Buffon
"No one is fair when hunting the pied-à-terre," I reminded her.
A Boswell of Baghdad|E. V. Lucas