grey wagtail
(US gray wagtail)
noun
A migratory Eurasian wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, with a grey back and variable amounts of yellow on the underparts, which typically frequents fast-flowing streams and rivers.
Origin
Late 17th century; earliest use found in Francis Willughby (1635–1672), naturalist.
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