Home › Words › Q › quaketailquaketailquaketail means A bird, the wagtail.EtymologyFrom quake + tail.nounA bird, the wagtail.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.wagtail 75% match — Any of various small passerine birds, principally of genus Motacilla, of the Old World, notable for their long tails. vs quaketail →waggie 65% match — The pied wagtail, a small passerine bird, Motacilla alba yarrellii, a subspecies of the white wagtail, found in Britain and Ireland. vs quaketail →quandy 65% match — The long-tailed duck. vs quaketail →piketail 63% match — The pintail duck. vs quaketail →spindletail 63% match — The pintail duck. vs quaketail →quarrion 62% match — A cockatiel, Nymphicus hollandicus. vs quaketail →wrentail 62% match — A kind of fly used in fly fishing, resembling a wren's tail feather. vs quaketail →swallowtailed 62% match — Having a forked tail like a swallow's. vs quaketail →