What's the difference between tagtail and wagtail?
Tagtail
Definition:
(n.) A worm which has its tail conspicuously colored.
(n.) A person who attaches himself to another against the will of the latter; a hanger-on.
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Wagtail
Definition:
(n.) Any one of many species of Old World singing birds belonging to Motacilla and several allied genera of the family Motacillidae. They have the habit of constantly jerking their long tails up and down, whence the name.
Example Sentences:
(1) Yersinia enterocolitica was isolated from three specimens of the pied wagtail, one specimen of the reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus) and one specimen of the rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica).
(2) Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was isolated from three specimens of two species of birds, the black-faced bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) and pied wagtail (Motacilla alba), of 528 specimens of birds examined from coastal regions in Japan.
(3) The offering of a few crumbs is appreciated by two grey wagtails, but our search continues.
(4) Yersinia intermedia was isolated from one specimen of the pied wagtail.
(5) There are well-fed seagulls wheeling above and wagtails dipping their beaks where the rippled water recedes.