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Wheatear

Wheatear Meaning & Definition
Wheatear Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Wheatear?

[n] small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump

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See Also | genus Oenanthe | Oenanthe | thrush

Wheatear In Webster's Dictionary

\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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