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willy-wagtail

willy-wagtail 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-Wagtail

Willy-Wagtail (plural Willy-Wagtails)

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of willie wagtail.

Forms of willy-wagtail

pluralwilly-wagtails
pluralWilly-Wagtails

Questions about willy-wagtail

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

Words near willy-wagtail in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: willy-wagtail (page history and authors); Willy-Wagtail (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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