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redstart
[ red-stahrt ]
noun
- any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus European redstart.
- any of several fly-catching, New World warblers, especially Setophaga ruticilla American redstart, having black and white plumage with reddish-orange patches.
redstart
/ ˈrɛdˌstɑːt /
noun
- any European songbird of the genus Phoenicurus , esp P. phoenicurus , in which the male has a black throat, orange-brown tail and breast, and grey back: family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc)
- any North American warbler of the genus Setophaga , esp S. ruticilla
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of redstart1
Old English rēad red 1+ steort tail; compare German Rotsterz
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Example Sentences
I may add that I have had the same bad luck in all my former visits to the Islands, and never seen a Redstart.
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The male Black Redstart has also a white patch on the wing caused by the pale, nearly white, margins of the feathers.
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Dippers, wagtails and the white-capped redstart were the commonest birds along the river-banks.
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A brightly-coloured bird, the redstart, appears suddenly in spring, like a flower that has bloomed before the bud was noticed.
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Of such are the redstart, the grey-headed flycatcher, the snipe and the majority of the game birds.
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