genus motacilla

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   type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails

   SynonymsMotacilla

   Broaderbird genus

   Part ofMotacillidae

Questions about genus motacilla

What does genus motacilla mean?

genus motacilla means "type genus of the Motacillidae: wagtails".

What is another word for genus motacilla?

Close synonyms include Motacilla. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus motacilla a common word?

genus motacilla is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.