"firetail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firetails [plural]
Etymology: From fire + tail. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|tail}} fire + tail Head templates: {{en-noun}} firetail (plural firetails)
  1. Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura. Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids, Weaver finches
    Sense id: en-firetail-en-noun-slm9t9Ri Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 95 5 Disambiguation of Weaver finches: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 94 6
  2. (UK, dialect, dated) The common redstart. Tags: UK, dated, dialectal Synonyms (European redstart): fireflirt
    Sense id: en-firetail-en-noun-0m6Yt4Im Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'European redstart': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: beautiful firetail, diamond firetail, red-eared firetail, painted firetail

Inflected forms

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