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shortwing

shortwing noun: any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.

Noun

shortwing (plural shortwings)

  1. Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
  2. Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
  3. Any of the damselflies of the family Perilestidae in the order Odonata.

shortwing meaning in Tamil

shortwing in Tamil

குட்டையன், செவ்வயிற்று, செவ்வயிற்றுக் குட்டையன்

Forms of shortwing

pluralshortwings

Origin of shortwing

From short + wing.

Questions about shortwing

What does shortwing mean?
Shortwing means any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
What is shortwing in Tamil?
Shortwing in Tamil is குட்டையன், செவ்வயிற்று, செவ்வயிற்றுக் குட்டையன். See Shortwing meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is shortwing?
Shortwing is a noun.
What is the plural of shortwing?
The plural of shortwing is shortwings.

Words near shortwing in the dictionary

  1. shortward
  2. shortwards
  3. shortwave
  4. shortwaves
  5. shortwinded
  6. shortwing
  7. shortwings
  8. shortwool
  9. shortwools
  10. shorty
  11. shorty shorts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shortwing (page history and authors); shortwing (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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