motacilla

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

mōtăcilla, ae, f.,

the white water-wagtail : motacilla, quod semper movet caudam, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.; Plin. 37, 10, 56, § 156; Arn. 7, 223.