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Stonechat

Stonechat Meaning & Definition
Stonechat Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stonechat?

[n] common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stonechat: Saxicola torquata

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See Also | chat | Old World chat

Stonechat In Webster's Dictionary

\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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