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Webster 1913 Edition
Whitethroat
White′throatˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (
Sylvia cinerea
), called also strawsmear
, nettlebird
, muff
, and whitecap
, the garden whitethroat
, or golden warbler
(Sylvia hortensis
), and the lesser whitethroat
(Sylvia curruca
).