willie wagtail

noun

An Australian bird, Rhipidura leucophrys.

Meanings

willie wagtail1

nounwillie wagtail (plural willie wagtails)

plural willie wagtails · alternative Willie Wag-tail · alternative willie wag-tail · alternative Willie wagtail · alternative Willie Wagtail · alternative willie-wag-tail · alternative Willy Wag Tail · alternative Willy wag-tail · alternative Willy Wag-tail · alternative willy wagtail · alternative Willy Wagtail · alternative willy-wag-tail · alternative Willy-wag-tail · alternative Willy-Wagtail · alternative willy-wagtail · alternative Willywagtail

  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

Willie wagtail2

nounWillie wagtail (plural Willie wagtails)

plural Willie wagtails

  1. alternativeAlternative form of willie wagtail.

Willie Wagtail3

nounWillie Wagtail (plural Willie Wagtails)

plural Willie Wagtails

  1. alternativeAlternative form of willie wagtail.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 黑白扇尾鶲 /黑白扇尾鹟
  • 黑白扇尾鶲 /黑白扇尾鹟 (hēibái shànwěiwēng)bird
Finnish valkokulmamonarkki
  • valkokulmamonarkkibird
French rhipidure hochequeue
  • rhipidure hochequeuebird
German Gartenfächerschwanz
  • Gartenfächerschwanzbird
Irish glasóg ghuail
  • glasóg ghuailbird
Japanese 横振扇鶲
  • 横振扇鶲 (yokofuriōgibitaki)bird
Korean 부채꼬리딱새사촌
  • 부채꼬리딱새사촌 (buchaekkorittaksaesachon)bird
Russian чёрно-бе́лая веерохво́стка
  • чёрно-бе́лая веерохво́стка (čórno-bélaja vejeroxvóstka)bird
Swedish ärlesolfjäderstjärt
  • ärlesolfjäderstjärtbird
Cite this entry
APA

willie wagtail. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie%20wagtail

MLA

“willie wagtail.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie%20wagtail. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “willie wagtail,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/willie%20wagtail.

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