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English

Noun

stonechat (plural: stonechats)

Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus Saxicola that feed on insects.

Translations

Spanish: tarabilla

Category:Birds

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
pebbles.] (Zool.)
(a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
(Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone,
stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink,
stonesmith.
(b) The wheatear.
(c) The blue titmouse.
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Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the
pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata).
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]nanthe). 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.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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WordNet stonechat
n : common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown
breast [syn: Saxicola torquata]