wheatear

[ hweet-eer, weet- ]

/ ˈʰwitˌɪər, ˈwit- /

noun

any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.

Origin of wheatear

1585–95; probably back formation from wheatears, for *whiteers white rump. See white, arse

Words nearby wheatear

wheat, wheat beer, wheat berry, wheat bread, wheat cake, wheatear, wheaten, wheaten terrier, wheat germ, wheatgrass, Wheatley

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Example sentences from the Web for wheatear

One would not expect to find a wheatear in a wood, or a wren in a reed-bed.
Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft
Chat, chat, n. a genus of small birds in the thrush family, of which the wheatear is a familiar example.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Another blemish of a minor kind in the ‘Ode to a Star’ is that of rhyming “meteor” with “wheatear.”
Old Familiar Faces|Theodore Watts-Dunton
The sycamore by the ruined chancel pattered in the breeze, and the wheatear's last notes came from its top-most bough.
A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine

That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear.
Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft

British Dictionary definitions for wheatear

wheatear

/ (ˈwiːtˌɪə) /

noun

any small northern songbird of the genus Oenanthe, esp O. oenanthe, a species having a pale grey back, black wings and tail, white rump, and pale brown underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

Word Origin for wheatear

C16: back formation from wheatears (wrongly taken as plural), probably from white + arse; compare Dutch witstaart, French culblanc white tail

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单词	wheatear
释义	wheatear [ hweet-eer, weet- ] / ˈʰwitˌɪər, ˈwit- / noun any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America. Origin of wheatear 1585–95; probably back formation from wheatears, for *whiteers white rump. See white, arse Words nearby wheatear wheat, wheat beer, wheat berry, wheat bread, wheat cake, wheatear, wheaten, wheaten terrier, wheat germ, wheatgrass, Wheatley Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wheatear One would not expect to find a wheatear in a wood, or a wren in a reed-bed. Birds in Flight\|W. P. Pycraft Chat, chat, n. a genus of small birds in the thrush family, of which the wheatear is a familiar example. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)\|Various Another blemish of a minor kind in the ‘Ode to a Star’ is that of rhyming “meteor” with “wheatear.” Old Familiar Faces\|Theodore Watts-Dunton The sycamore by the ruined chancel pattered in the breeze, and the wheatear's last notes came from its top-most bough. A Son of Hagar\|Sir Hall Caine That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear. Birds in Flight\|W. P. Pycraft British Dictionary definitions for wheatear wheatear / (ˈwiːtˌɪə) / noun any small northern songbird of the genus Oenanthe, esp O. oenanthe, a species having a pale grey back, black wings and tail, white rump, and pale brown underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes) Word Origin for wheatear C16: back formation from wheatears (wrongly taken as plural), probably from white + arse; compare Dutch witstaart, French culblanc white tail Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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