Home › Words › S › shortwingshortwingshortwing means any of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shortwing ranks #16,730 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom short + wing.nounAny of a group of colourful, mostly insectivorous birds in the genus Brachypteryx of the thrush family Turdidae.Heinrichia calligyna, the great shortwing.Any of the damselflies of the family Perilestidae in the order Odonata.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).