stonechat

stone·chat

S0776200 (stōn′chăt′)n. Any of various small insectivorous birds of the genus Saxicola of Eurasia and Africa, especially S. rubicola, which has a black head and chestnut underparts.

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[From the resemblance of the call of S. rubicola to the sound of two small stones being struck together.]

stonechat

(ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt) n (Animals) an Old World songbird, Saxicola torquata, having a black plumage with a reddish-brown breast: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)[C18: so called from its cry, which sounds like clattering pebbles]

stone•chat

(ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt)

n. any of several Eurasian thrushes of the genus Saxicola, esp. S. torquata. [1775–85]

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stonechat - common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breastSaxicola torquataOld World chat, chat - songbirds having a chattering call

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