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stonechat |
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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