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whinchat
(encz) | whinchat, n: |
Whinchat
(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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whinchat
(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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whinchat
(wn) | whinchat
n 1: brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn:
whinchat, Saxicola rubetra] |
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Whinchat
(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.
[1913 Webster]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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