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white⋅throat

  [hwahyt-throht, wahyt-]
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–noun
1. any of several small songbirds having white throats, esp. an Old World warbler, Sylvia communis.
2. white-throated sparrow.
Origin:
1670–80; white + throat

white-throat⋅ed spar⋅row

  [hwahyt-throh-tid, wahyt-]
–noun
a common North American finch, Zonotrichia albicollis, having a white patch on the throat and a black and white striped crown.
Also called whitethroat.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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white·throat   (hwīt'thrōt', wīt'-)   
n.  

  1. Either of two Old World songbirds (Sylvia communis or S. curruca) having brownish plumage and a white throat and belly.

  2. See white-throated sparrow.

white-throat·ed sparrow   (hwīt'thrō'tĭd, wīt'-)   
n.  A large North American sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) having a white patch on the throat, black and white stripes on the crown, and a distinctive song. Also called whitethroat.
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whitethroat

(Sylvia communis), typical Old World warbler of the family Sylviidae (order Passeriformes); it breeds in western Eurasia and northwestern Africa and winters in Africa and India. It is 14 cm (5 12 inches) long, with red-brown wing patches and longish white-edged tail; the male is gray-capped and white-throated. It sings beautifully from dawn until dusk in woodland border and hedgerows.

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