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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wheatear  \Wheat"ear`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  small  European  singing  bird  ({Saxicola  [oe]nanthe}).  The 
  male  is  white  beneath,  bluish  gray  above,  with  black  wings 
  and  a  black  stripe  through  each  eye.  The  tail  is  black  at  the 
  tip  and  in  the  middle,  but  white  at  the  base  and  on  each 
  side  Called  also  {checkbird},  {chickell},  {dykehopper}, 
  {fallow  chat},  {fallow  finch},  {stonechat},  and  {whitetail}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stonechat  \Stone"chat`\,  n.  [Stone  +  chat.]  [So  called  from  the 
  similarity  of  its  alarm  note  to  the  clicking  together  of  two 
  pebbles.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  a  A  small  active,  and  very  common  European  singing  bird 
  ({Pratincola  rubicola});  --  called  also  {chickstone}, 
  {stonechacker},  {stonechatter},  {stoneclink}, 
  {stonesmith}. 
  b  The  wheatear. 
  c  The  blue  titmouse. 
 
  Note:  The  name  is  sometimes  applied  to  various  species  of 
  {Saxicola},  {Pratincola},  and  allied  genera;  as  the 
  pied  stonechat  of  India  ({Saxicola  picata}). 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Chat  \Chat\,  n. 
  1.  Light,  familiar  talk;  conversation;  gossip. 
 
  Snuff,  or  fan,  supply  each  pause  of  chat,  With 
  singing,  laughing,  ogling,  and  all  that  --Pope. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  bird  of  the  genus  {Icteria},  allied  to  the 
  warblers,  in  America.  The  best  known  species  are  the 
  yellow-breasted  chat  ({I.  viridis}),  and  the  long-tailed 
  chat  ({I.  longicauda}).  In  Europe  the  name  is  given  to 
  several  birds  of  the  family  {Saxicolid[ae]},  as  the 
  {stonechat},  and  {whinchat}. 
 
  {Bush  chat}.  (Zo["o]l.)  See  under  {Bush}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stonechat 
  n  :  common  European  chat  with  black  plumage  and  a  reddish-brown 
  breast  [syn:  {Saxicola  torquata}] 




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