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Webster 1913 Edition


Whinchat

Whin′chatˊ

,
Noun.
[So called because it frequents
whins
.]
(Zool.)
A small warbler (
Pratincola rubetra
) common in Europe; – called also
whinchacker
,
whincheck
,
whin-clocharet
.

Definition 2024


whinchat

whinchat

English

Noun

whinchat (plural whinchats)

  1. A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.

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