bluethroat
noun
a small brownish European songbird, Cyanosylvia svecica, related to the thrushes, the male of which has a blue throat: family Muscicapidae
Nearby words
- bluestem,
- bluestocking,
- bluestone,
- bluesy,
- bluet,
- bluethroat pikeblenny,
- bluetick,
- bluetit,
- bluetongue,
- bluetooth
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Examples from the Web for bluethroat
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 WhymperAt 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