whitethroat

American  

[hwahyt-throht, wahyt-] / ˈʰwaɪtˌθroʊt, ˈwaɪt- /

noun

1. any of several small songbirds having a throat that is white, especially an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.

2. white-throated sparrow.

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whitethroat British  

/ ˈwaɪtˌθrəʊt /

noun

1. either of two Old World warblers, Sylvia communis or S. curruca ( lesser whitethroat ), having a greyish-brown plumage with a white throat and underparts

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Etymology

Origin of whitethroat

First recorded in 1670–80; white + throat

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Example Sentences

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whitethroat

A Canada whitethroat called sweetly, sadly, from the forest in the sunset glow.

From The Little Red Foot by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers

Country boys set some value on the eggs of the nettle-creeper or whitethroat because the nest is difficult to find, and the eggs curiously marked.

From Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies by Richard Jefferies

O! at his bidding the whitethroat swings In thrillant blue.

From The Dales of Arcady by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe

So, too, the whitethroat in the wild parsley; so, too, the thrush that just now peered out and partly fluttered his wings as he stood to look.

From The Life of the Fields by Richard Jefferies

The song of the redstart is superior, though somewhat like that of the whitethroat; some birds have a few more notes than others. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley

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