barley-bird
English
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Noun
editbarley-bird (plural barley-birds)
- Any of several birds distinguished by their appearance in England at the time of barley-sowing.
- The yellow wagtail. (Motacilla spp.)
- The wryneck. (Jynx spp.)
- (obsolete) The Eurasian siskin.