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redstart
\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: red (I) + obsolete English start tail, from Middle English stert — more at start
1. : a small European singing bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) related to the redbreast, bluethroat, and nightingale and having a white forehead, black face and throat, and bright chestnut breast and tail — called also redtail; compare american redstart
2. : any of various Asiatic or European birds of the genus Phoenicurus (as the black redstart P. ochruros syn. P. titys of Europe) |