wheatear
[ hweet-eer, weet- ]
/ ˈʰwitˌɪər, ˈwit- /
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noun
any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
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wheatear
/ (ˈwiːtˌɪə) /
noun
any small northern songbird of the genus Oenanthe, esp O. oenanthe, a species having a pale grey back, black wings and tail, white rump, and pale brown underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
Word Origin for wheatear
C16: back formation from wheatears (wrongly taken as plural), probably from white + arse; compare Dutch witstaart, French culblanc white tail
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