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Redwing   Listen
noun
Redwing  n.  (Zool.)
(a)
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 Icteridae. 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.





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"Redwing" Quotes from Famous Books



... whispering to me of the country green and cool— Of redwing blackbirds chattering beside a reedy pool; It brings me soothing fancies of the homestead on the hill, And I hear the thrush's evening song and the robin's morning trill; So I fall to thinking tenderly of those I used to know Where the sassafras and ...
— Songs and Other Verse • Eugene Field


Words linked to "Redwing" :   New World blackbird, genus Turdus, Agelaius phoeniceus, genus Agelaius, Turdus, Agelaius, thrush, Turdus iliacus, red-winged blackbird, blackbird


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