Usually means: Small bird, short wings, forest-dwelling.
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  1. shortwing: Wordnik
  2. shortwing: Wiktionary
  3. Shortwing, shortwing: Dictionary.com
  4. Shortwing: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Shortwing: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. shortwing: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Shortwing: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. shortwing: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Shortwing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Shortwing: A Few Falconry Terms

Definitions from Wiktionary (shortwing)

noun:  Any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.
noun:  Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.
noun:  A common name for the family Perilestidae, damselflies in the order Odonata.

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