Whinchat

3 definitions found

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

  Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
     whins.] (Zool.)
     A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; --
     called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}.
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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]:

  whinchat
       n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: {Saxicola
           rubetra}]