English Explanatory Dictionary

shortwing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
  2. Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
  3. Any of the damselflies of the family Perilestidae in the order Odonata.

Word forms

shortwing shortwings

Etymology

From short + wing.

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