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whitethroat |
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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