firetail

English edit

A male beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)

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firetail

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Stagonopleura

Etymology edit

fire +‎ tail

Noun edit

firetail (plural firetails)

Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.
(UK, dialect, dated) The common redstart.

Synonyms edit

(European redstart): fireflirt

Derived terms edit

References edit

“firetail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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