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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
  2. willy nilly
  3. Willy Pete
  4. Willy Wag Tail
  5. Willy Wag Tails
  6. Willy Wag-tail
  7. Willy Wag-tails
  8. willy wagtail
  9. willy wagtails
  10. willy warmer
  11. willy warmers

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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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