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Common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast
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stonechat
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chat \Chat\, n. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip. Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Icteria , allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. common European chat with black plumage and a reddish-brown breast [syn: Saxicola torquata ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of various small Old World passerine birds of the genus ''Saxicola'' that feed on insects.
Usage examples of stonechat.
The second had been in Betancuria, when Terrel had been accompanied by Alyssa in the shape of a stonechat, and Lathan - after instruction from Elam - had taken the form of a kestrel.
The song of the stonechat birds and the crickety chattering of mountain rats did not warm their nearly naked bodies.
The flat clifftop was bright with the cries of stonechats and gulls that rang above the dull pounding of the surf on the rocks below, the air sharp with a salty tang.
There was a stuffed owl on one bookcase, a raven on another, a pair of stonechats on a third.