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Meaning of STONECHAT

Pronunciation:  'stown`chat

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast
 
 Synonyms: Saxicola torquata
 
 See Also: chat, Old World chat

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
pebbles.] (Zo["o]l.)
(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.
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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