wheatear
any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.
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How to use wheatear in a sentence
One would not expect to find a wheatear in a wood, or a wren in a reed-bed.
Birds in Flight | W. P. PycraftWhile talking, a wheatear flew past, and alighted near the path—a place they frequent.
Nature Near London | Richard JefferiesThey lie crushed together at the base, and on the point of this jagged ridge a wheatear perches.
Nature Near London | Richard JefferiesThere is not a quail, not a blackbird, not the smallest rabbit nor even the tiniest wheatear.
Tartarin de Tarascon | Alphonse DaudetThe sycamore by the ruined chancel pattered in the breeze, and the wheatear's last notes came from its top-most bough.
A Son of Hagar | Sir Hall Caine
British Dictionary definitions for wheatear
/ (ˈwiːtˌɪə) /
any small northern songbird of the genus Oenanthe, esp O. oenanthe, a species having a pale grey back, black wings and tail, white rump, and pale brown underparts: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
Origin of wheatear
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