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Webster 1913 Edition


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)

  1. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects.

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