woodchat

[ wood-chat ]

noun

1. Also woodchat shrike. a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
2. any of various Asiatic thrushes, especially of the genus Larvivora.

woodchat

/ ˈwʊdˌtʃæt /

noun

1. a songbird, Lanius senator, of Europe and N Africa, having a black-and-white plumage with a reddish-brown crown and a hooked bill: family Laniidae (shrikes)

Word History and Origins

Origin of woodchat¹

First recorded in 1695–1705; wood ¹ + chat

Example Sentences

Wine, 24, 245, 332, 334-7 Winter in Spain, 352, 371, 384, 392, 395, 428 Wolf, 153, 167, 313-14, 332, 444-5 Woodchat, 84, 246, 249, 254, 256, 452, 454 Woodcock, 253, 419 Woodpecker, Great Black, 187, 455 —— —— Spotted, 160, 253, 300 —— Lesser Spotted, 80 —— Spanish Green, 247-8, 253, 256, 262-3 Wood-Pigeon, 160, 253, 301, 419 Wood-Sandpiper, 275, 453 Wren, 160, 455, 457 —— Fire-crest, 407, 455, 458 —— Willow-, 247, 249, 452 —— Wood-, 452 Wryneck, 451, 455, 457   Yellowhammer, 454-5   Zincali, 277 et seq.,

From Project Gutenberg

The Bee-eaters pass on: but there is no truce for the insect-world, for other deadly enemies, the Woodchat and Southern Grey Shrike, sit by on every bush, intent on impaling heavy-flying bee or beetle.

From Project Gutenberg

The air breathes of vernal perfumes, and the infinite chorus of spring bird-notes—the soft refrain of Goldfinch and Serin, Nightingale, Hypolais polyglotta, Orphean and other warblers, the dual note of Hoopoe, and flute-like carol of Golden Orioles, mingled with the harsher cries of Woodchat and Bee-eater, and on all sides the 'voice of the Turtle was heard in the land.'

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