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stonechat
[ stohn-chat ]
noun
- any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
stonechat
/ ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt /
noun
- an Old World songbird, Saxicola torquata, having a black plumage with a reddish-brown breast: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
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Word History and Origins
Origin of stonechat1
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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.
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That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear.
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Mr. Blyth also informs me that the sexes of the stonechat, Saxicola rubicola, are distinguishable at a very early age.
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But the rock stood still, and a stonechat went and perched on it.
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It is difficult to put oneself in the place of the Stonechat or of the Whinchat.
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