Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stonechat"
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) 1.7 (wn)
stonechat
n : common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown
breast [syn: {Saxicola torquata}]
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