Definition of "red-winged" [red-winged]

• Having red wings, or red on the wings.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission issued separate news releases on the Dec. 29 fish kill and the New Year's Eve event in which red-winged blackbirds began raining down, evoking images of the apocalypse."
• "Chickadees, grey-crowned rosy-finches, ravens, bald eagles, goldeneyes and a few red-winged blackbirds, a pair of blue-winged teal and a solitary rough-legged hawk were livening up the wind."
• "And, as I knew they would, the red-winged blackbirds took over the bird feeder."