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shortwings

shortwings is the plural of shortwing.

Meaning of shortwing

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.

Questions about shortwings

What is shortwings the plural of?
Shortwings is the plural of shortwing.

Words near shortwings in the dictionary

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

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