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red⋅start

  [red-stahrt]
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–noun
1. any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, esp. Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart).
2. any of several fly-catching, New World warblers, esp. Setophaga ruticilla (American redstart), having black and white plumage with reddish-orange patches.
Origin:
1560–70; red 1 + obs. start tail (ME start, stert tail, handle, OE steort tail; akin to OHG sterz, ON stertr)
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red·start   (rěd'stärt')   
n.  

  1. A small North American bird (Setophaga ruticilla), the male of which has black plumage with orange patches on the wings and tail.

  2. A European bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) having grayish plumage and a rust-red breast and tail.


[red + obsolete start, tail (from Middle English stert, from Old English steort; see ster-1 in Indo-European roots).]
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