firetail

English

A male beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)

Wikispecies

Etymology

From fire +‎ tail.

Noun

firetail (plural firetails)

1. Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.
2. (UK, dialect, dated) The common redstart.

Synonyms

• (European redstart): fireflirt

Derived terms

• beautiful firetail
• diamond firetail
• red-eared firetail
• painted firetail

References

• “firetail”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.