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willie-wag-tail

willie-wag-tail is the alternative form of willie wagtail.

Meaning of willie wagtail

Noun

willie wagtail (plural willie wagtails)

  1. An Australian bird, Rhipidura leucophrys.
    • The birds were nowhere to be seen or heard, not even a singing willy-wagtail lightly flittering from rock to rock […].2006, Alexis Wright, Carpentaria, Giramondo, published 2012, page 412

Forms of willie-wag-tail

pluralwillie-wag-tails

Questions about willie-wag-tail

What is willie-wag-tail the alternative form of?
Willie-wag-tail is the alternative form of willie wagtail.

Words near willie-wag-tail in the dictionary

  1. willie wag-tails
  2. willie wagtail
  3. willie wagtails
  4. willie warmer
  5. Willie Wigglestick
  6. willie-wag-tail
  7. willie-wag-tails
  8. willie-warmer
  9. willie-waught
  10. willied
  11. willier

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