red-winged blackbird

Definitions of red-winged blackbird
  1. noun
    North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
    synonyms: Agelaius phoeniceus, redwing
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    type of:
    New World blackbird, blackbird
    any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
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