Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A hymenopterous insect of the family Chrysididæ, such as the ruby-tailed fly, Chrysis ignita.
- n. The redstart or redtail, Ruticilla phœnicura, a bird. Also fire-flirt.
- n. An Australian name of two small weaver-birds, Ægintha temporalis, and Zonæginthus bellus.
Wiktionary
- n. Any Australian finch of the genus Stagonopleura.
- n. UK, dialect The European redstart.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.), prov. Eng. The European redstart; -- called also
fireflirt .
Etymologies
- fire + tail (Wiktionary)
Examples
“His back and head are ashy gray, his breast like warm embers, his face black soot, and—best of all—his firetail fans flames of beckoning orange.”
“A number of restricted range birds are found in this ecoregion, including the red-eared firetail (Stagonopleura oculata) which inhabits karri/tingle forest and creeklines and the white-breasted robin (Eopsaltria georgiana) which can also be found in karri and tingle forest.”
“Peter Clarke shows off his tank full of Australian native fish, the firetail gudgeons, on the Ku-ring-gai council roof.”
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“Sophia Findlay unleashes a fake rain storm on two different model houses to demonstrate how the design of your house can affect waterways and the environment ... and ultimately the firetail gudeons as well.”
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“Start out drifting the outside spoils near Ingleside, using an avocado/firetail Cocoho Minnow for trout.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘firetail’.
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birds
birds with singular names from
at least 9 English dictionariesaasvogel, aberdevine, accentor, accipiter, aepyornis, agami, albatross, alcatras, alcid, alcidine, amadavat, amokura and 1056 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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Still More Bird Wirds
A work in progress....Birds from around the world (other than endemic to North America).
barbet, hornbill, trogon, bee-eater, bristlehead, wren-babbler, stubtail, blackeye, bush warbler, cassowary, bowerbird, bird-of-paradise and 722 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for firetail.
reesetee They should--they look like their little butts are on fire. ;-) Sep 25, 2008
bilby Do these fly really fast? I'm hoping so :-) Sep 25, 2008