Definition: redwing

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

redwing
     n 1: North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
          [syn: red-winged blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus]
     2: small European thrush having reddish flanks [syn: Turdus
        iliacus]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Redwing \Red"wing`\ (-w?ng`), n. (Zo["o]l.)
   A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts
   are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush.
   (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius
       ph[oe]niceus) of the family Icterid[ae]. The male is
       black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered
       with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged
       blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and
       swamp blackbird.