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willy-wag-tail

willy-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

Noun capitalized: Willy-wag-tail

Willy-wag-tail (plural Willy-wag-tails)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of willie wagtail.

Forms of willy-wag-tail

pluralwilly-wag-tails
pluralWilly-wag-tails

Questions about willy-wag-tail

What is willy-wag-tail the alternative form of?
Willy-wag-tail is the alternative form of willie wagtail.
What part of speech is willy-wag-tail?
Willy-wag-tail is a noun.
What is the plural of willy-wag-tail?
The plural of willy-wag-tail is willy-wag-tails.

Words near willy-wag-tail in the dictionary

  1. Willy Wigglestick
  2. willy willies
  3. willy willy
  4. Willy Wix
  5. willy-nilly
  6. willy-wag-tail
  7. willy-wag-tails
  8. willy-wagtail
  9. willy-wagtails
  10. willy-warmer
  11. willy-willies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: willy-wag-tail (page history and authors); Willy-wag-tail (page history and authors); willie wagtail (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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