Stonechat

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
     similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
     pebbles.] (Zool.)
     (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.
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     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zool.)
     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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chat \Chat\, n.
     1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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              Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
              With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
                                                    --Pope.
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     2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the
        warblers, in America. The best known species are the
        yellow-breasted chat ({Icteria viridis}), and the
        long-tailed chat ({Icteria longicauda}). In Europe the
        name is given to several birds of the family
        {Saxicolid[ae]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}.
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     {Bush chat}. (Zool.) See under {Bush}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stonechat
       n : common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown
           breast [syn: {Saxicola torquata}]