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blue-headed wagtail

blue-headed wagtail noun: the nominate subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava flava.

Noun

blue-headed wagtail (plural blue-headed wagtails)

  1. The nominate subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava flava.
    • Blue-headed Wagtails and migrant Warblers were nice but hardly ‘cripplers’.1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 113

Forms of blue-headed wagtail

pluralblue-headed wagtails

Questions about blue-headed wagtail

What does blue-headed wagtail mean?
Blue-headed wagtail means the nominate subspecies of the western yellow wagtail, Motacilla flava flava.
What part of speech is blue-headed wagtail?
Blue-headed wagtail is a noun.
What is the plural of blue-headed wagtail?
The plural of blue-headed wagtail is blue-headed wagtails.

Words near blue-headed wagtail in the dictionary

  1. blue-greens
  2. blue-grey
  3. blue-hair
  4. blue-hairs
  5. blue-headed vireo
  6. blue-headed wagtail
  7. blue-headed wagtails
  8. blue-helmet
  9. blue-helmets
  10. blue-jawed
  11. blue-legged mantella

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