Associations to the word «Redwing»

Wiktionary

REDWING, noun. A small thrush, Turdus iliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.

Dictionary definition

REDWING, noun. North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings.
REDWING, noun. Small European thrush having reddish flanks.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats