stonechat

[ stohn-chat ]

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

Origin of stonechat

1
1775–85; stone + chat, so called from its warning cry which sounds like a clash of stones

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stonechat

/ (ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt) /


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

Origin of stonechat

1
C18: so called from its cry, which sounds like clattering pebbles

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