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shortwing

The English word “shortwing” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
  2. Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
  3. Any of the damselflies of the family Perilestidae in the order Odonata.

Etymology

From short + wing.

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