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stonechat

[ stohn-chat ]

noun

  1. any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.


stonechat

/ ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt /

noun

  1. an Old World songbird, Saxicola torquata, having a black plumage with a reddish-brown breast: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
“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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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonechat1

1775–85; stone + chat, so called from its warning cry which sounds like a clash of stones
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Word History and Origins

Origin of stonechat1

C18: so called from its cry, which sounds like clattering pebbles
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Example Sentences

Only once have I seen a stonechat in the neighbourhood of this garden.

That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear.

Mr. Blyth also informs me that the sexes of the stonechat, Saxicola rubicola, are distinguishable at a very early age.

But the rock stood still, and a stonechat went and perched on it.

It is difficult to put oneself in the place of the Stonechat or of the Whinchat.

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