whinchat

[ hwin-chat, win- ]

/ ˈʰwɪnˌtʃæt, ˈwɪn- /

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noun

a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.

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Origin of whinchat

First recorded in 1670–80; whin + chat

Words nearby whinchat

whimsical, whimsicality, whimsy, whim-wham, whin, whinchat, whine, whiner, whing-ding, whinge, whining

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How to use whinchat in a sentence

The Whinchat may be distinguished at a considerable distance by the white streak over the eye.
British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns
The same is true of the Whinchat, and one would scarcely expect to find this bird attacking Buntings as it sometimes does.
Territory in Bird Life|H. Eliot Howard
The redstart and nightingale are most subject to this; it sometimes also happens to the fauvette, and also to the whinchat.
The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein
It is not so tender as the whinchat, some few of them occasionally stopping in this country all the winter.
The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein

Incidentally we may remark that the Whinchat is also a frequenter of the gorse coverts and the moorlands.
Among the Birds in Northern Shires|Charles Dixon

British Dictionary definitions for whinchat

whinchat

/ (ˈwɪnˌtʃæt) /

noun

an Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, having a mottled brown-and-white plumage with pale cream underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)

Word Origin for whinchat

C17: from whin 1 + chat 1

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