water wagtail

noun

1. another name for pied wagtail

Example Sentences

From Bungay in Suffolk comes the news that a water-wagtail has built its nest in a milk-can.

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In the ivy close under the window there, within reach of the hand, a water-wagtail built its nest.

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They have a habit of continually flirting their tails, thus giving them the local name of Water-Wagtail.

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The magpie has seven drops of the devil's blood in its body: the water-wagtail has three drops.

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A thin water-wagtail came walking with quick steps, and exquisite tiny movements of head and neck and long balancing tail.

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