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red⋅wing

[red-wing]
–noun
1. a European thrush, Turdus iliacus, having chestnut-red flank and axillary feathers.
2. red-winged blackbird.

Origin:
1650–60; red 1 + wing
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red·wing   (rěd'wĭng')   
n.  
  1. See red-winged blackbird.

  2. A European thrush (Turdus iliacus) having reddish feathers under the wings and a white eye stripe.

red-winged blackbird   (rěd'wĭngd')   
n.  A North American blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), the male of which has scarlet patches on the wings. Also called redwing.
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