shortwing
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]shortwing (plural shortwings)
- Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
- Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
- A common name for the family Perilestidae, damselflies in the order Odonata.