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Meaning of WHEATEAR

Pronunciation:  'weet`eer

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
 
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 See Also: genus Oenanthe, Oenanthe, thrush

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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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