"whitewing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: whitewings [plural]
Etymology: white + wing. The street sweepers were so called because of the white uniforms they used to wear. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|white|wing}} white + wing Head templates: {{en-noun}} whitewing (plural whitewings)
  1. The chaffinch.
    Sense id: en-whitewing-en-noun-rkJjtebe
  2. The velvet scoter. Categories (lifeform): Ducks, True finches
    Sense id: en-whitewing-en-noun-LW9KN-qS Disambiguation of Ducks: 18 62 20 Disambiguation of True finches: 25 64 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 64 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 68 8
  3. (US) A street sweeper. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-whitewing-en-noun-upEbBoBC Categories (other): American English

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for whitewing meaning in English (2.0kB)

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