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North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings

see redwing blackbird

a North American blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus, the male of which is black with scarlet patches, usually bordered with buff or yellow, on the bend of the wing.

[1770-80]

red-winged blackbird «REHD _WIHNGD»,

= redwing (def. 1). (Cf. ↑redwing)