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woodchat

American

[wood-chat] / ˈwʊdˌtʃæt /

noun

Also woodchat shrike a shrike, Lanius senator, of Europe and northern Africa, having a black forehead and a chestnut crown, nape, and mantle.
any of various Asiatic thrushes, especially of the genus Larvivora.

woodchat British

/ ˈwʊdˌtʃæt /

noun

a songbird, Lanius senator, of Europe and N Africa, having a black-and-white plumage with a reddish-brown crown and a hooked bill: family Laniidae (shrikes)

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Etymology

Origin of woodchat

First recorded in 1695–1705; wood ¹ + chat

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