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Redstart

Redstart Meaning & Definition
Redstart Definition And Meaning

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

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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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