释义 |
whinchat /ˈwɪntʃat /nounA small Eurasian and North African songbird related to the stonechat, with a brown back and orange-buff underparts.- Saxicola rubetra, family Turdidae.
Insect life is increasing rapidly, encouraging birds such as snipe, curlew, grasshopper warbler, sedge warbler, and whinchat....- Evidence of breeding for both wheatears and whinchats would be particularly welcomed by the County Recorder!
- Plenty stonechats, whinchats, wheatear, both adults and young were abundant in numbers.
Origin![](ac.png) Late 17th century: from whin1 + chat2. |