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Webster 1913 Edition
Shortwing
Short′wingˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of small wrenlike Asiatic birds having short wings and a short tail. They belong to Brachypterix, Callene, and allied genera.
Definition 2024
shortwing
shortwing
English
Noun
shortwing (plural shortwings)
- Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
- Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
- A common name for Perilestidae, a family of damselflies in the order Odonata.