redwing
noun
Forms redwings
- noun A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.
- noun A red-winged blackbird
Synonyms
windle winnard swinepipe red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Turdus iliacus
Etymology
From red + wing.
Webster’s 1913
- noun A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phoeniceus) of the family Icteridæ. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “redwing”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details