redwing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
    Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird.
  2. noun small European thrush having reddish flanks
    Turdus iliacus.

WordNet

Red"wing` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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 Icteridæ. 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.

Webster 1913