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redstart
[ red-stahrt ]
/ ˈrɛdˌstɑrt /
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noun
any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus(European redstart ).
any of several fly-catching, New World warblers, especially Setophaga ruticilla(American redstart ), having black and white plumage with reddish-orange patches.
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Origin of redstart
1560–70; red1 + obsolete start tail (Middle English start, stert tail, handle, Old English steort tail; akin to Old High German sterz,Old Norse stertr)
Words nearby redstart
red spruce, Red Square, red squill, red squirrel, red star, redstart, red state, Redstone, red stuff, red supergiant, red tag
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British Dictionary definitions for redstart
redstart
/ (ˈrɛdˌstɑːt) /
noun
any European songbird of the genus Phoenicurus, esp P. phoenicurus, in which the male has a black throat, orange-brown tail and breast, and grey back: family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc)
any North American warbler of the genus Setophaga, esp S. ruticilla
Word Origin for redstart
Old English rēad red 1 + steort tail; compare German Rotsterz
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