REDWING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redwing mean? 

• REDWING (noun)
  The noun REDWING has 2 senses:

1. North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

2. small European thrush having reddish flanks

  Familiarity information: REDWING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDWING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing

Hypernyms ("redwing" is a kind of...):

blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)

Holonyms ("redwing" is a member of...):

Agelaius; genus Agelaius (red-winged blackbirds)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small European thrush having reddish flanks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

redwing; Turdus iliacus

Hypernyms ("redwing" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("redwing" is a member of...):

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)