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Wheatear
Wheat′earˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
A small European singing bird (
Saxicola œnanthe
). 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
. Definition 2024
wheatear
wheatear
English
Noun
wheatear (plural wheatears)
Translations
various passerine birds
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