About The Word Redstart
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Redstart
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What's The Definition Of Redstart?
[n] European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
[n] flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail Synonyms | Synonyms for Redstart: American redstart | redtail | Setophaga ruticilla Related Terms | Find terms related to Redstart: See Also | flycatching warbler | genus Phoenicurus | Phoenicurus | thrush Redstart In Webster's Dictionary \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
(Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla
ph[oe]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called
also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The
black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to
several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera,
native of India.
(b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}).
The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on
the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with
yellow patches.
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