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whinchat

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whin⋅chat

  [hwin-chat, win-]
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–noun
a small Old World thrush, Saxicola rubetra, having a buff-colored breast and white streaks in the tail.
Origin:
1670–80; whin + chat
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whin·chat   (hwĭn'chāt', wĭn'-)   
n.  A small brownish Old World songbird (Saxicola rubetra) often found in open country.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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whinchat

(Saxicola rubetra), Eurasian thrush named for its habitat: swampy meadows, called, in England, whins. This species, 13 centimetres (5 inches) long, one of the chat-thrush group (family Turdidae, order Passeriformes), is brown-streaked above and buffy below, with white patches on the eyebrows, wings, and tail. It has flycatcher-like habits and a brief, metallic song.

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