"firetail" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: firetails [plural]
Etymology: 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.
    Sense id: en-firetail-en-noun-slm9t9Ri
  2. (UK, dialect, dated) The common redstart. Tags: UK, dated, dialectal Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids, Weaver finches Synonyms (European redstart): fireflirt
    Sense id: en-firetail-en-noun-0m6Yt4Im Disambiguation of Muscicapids: 32 68 Disambiguation of Weaver finches: 37 63 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 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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