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whinchat |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zo["o]l.) A small warbler ({Pratincola rubetra}) common in Europe; -- called also {whinchacker}, {whincheck}, {whin-clocharet}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chat \Chat\, n. 1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that --Pope. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus {Icteria}, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yellow-breasted chat ({I. viridis}), and the long-tailed chat ({I. longicauda}). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {Saxicolid[ae]}, as the {stonechat}, and {whinchat}. {Bush chat}. (Zo["o]l.) See under {Bush}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: whinchat n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: {Saxicola rubetra}]
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