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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whitethroat  \White"throat`\,  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  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  ({S.  hortensis}),  and 
  the  lesser  whitethroat  ({S.  curruca}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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}] 




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