Whinchat










4 definitions retrieved

Dictionary

Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents
whins.] (Zool.)
A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; --
called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
[1913 Webster]
Chat \Chat\, n.

1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
[1913 Webster]

Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]


2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
[1913 Webster]

Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
[1913 Webster]
Dictionary

whinchat
n 1: brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn:
whinchat, Saxicola rubetra]
Dictionary

Whinchat
(Saxicola rubetra)
Braunkehlchen n [ornith.]

Whinchat related
Dictionary-X


Popular Words
Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany,

Copyrights:
Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later
FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later
Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain
WordNet: Princeton University

Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!

Your link here for free? - The eBay Song