Whitethroat

2 definitions found

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

  Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
     common European species ({Sylvia cinerea}), called also
     {strawsmear}, {nettlebird}, {muff}, and {whitecap}, the
     {garden whitethroat}, or {golden warbler} ({Sylvia
     hortensis}), and the {lesser whitethroat} ({Sylvia curruca}).


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  whitethroat
       n 1: Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but
            smaller [syn: {lesser whitethroat}, {Sylvia curruca}]
       2: grayish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and
          underparts [syn: {greater whitethroat}, {Sylvia communis}]
       3: common North American finch with a white patch on the throat
          and black-and-white striped crown [syn: {white-throated
          sparrow}, {Zonotrichia albicollis}]