Hypertext Webster Gateway: "whinchat"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.
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)
whinchat
n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: {Saxicola
rubetra}]
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