crimsonwing

noun

Etymology

From crimson + wing.

  1. derived from *h₂weh₁-✻ — “to blow”
  2. derived from *wēingijaz✻
  3. derived from vængr
  4. inherited from winge
  5. compounded as crimsonwing — “crimson + wing”

Definitions

  1. Any of the birds in the genus Cryptospiza, found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

The neighborhood

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