stonechat

stone·chat

 (stōn′chăt′)

n.

Any of various small insectivorous birds of the genus Saxicola of Eurasia and Africa, especially S. rubicola, which has a black head and chestnut underparts.

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[From the resemblance of the call of S. rubicola to the sound of two small stones being struck together.]

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stonechat

(ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt)

n

(Animals) an Old World songbird, Saxicola torquata, having a black plumage with a reddish-brown breast: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

[C18: so called from its cry, which sounds like clattering pebbles]

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stone•chat

(ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt)

n.

any of several Eurasian thrushes of the genus Saxicola, esp. S. torquata.

[1775–85]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

stonechat - common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast Saxicola torquata Old World chat, chat - songbirds having a chattering call

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Translations

Schwarzkehlchen

stonechat

[ˈstəʊntʃæt] N → culiblanco m

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stonechat

[ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt] n → saltimpalo

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