bluethroat

/ (ˈbluːˌθrəʊt) /

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noun

a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae

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Words nearby bluethroat

blue streak, blue succory, blue swimmer, bluet, “Blue-Tail Fly”, bluethroat, bluethroat pikeblenny, bluetick, blue tit, bluetongue, blue-tongued lizard

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How to use bluethroat in a sentence

At Driftwood, a bluethroat was caught on August 28, 1952, in a trap set among willows.
Birds Found on the Arctic Slope of Northern Alaska|James W. Bee
The Bluethroat is well named, and having once seen this charming little warbler, it is by its blue throat it will be remembered.
Egyptian Birds|Charles Whymper