whinchat
n . 野翁之类
野翁之类
whinchat n 1 :
brown -
and -
buff European songbird of grassy meadows [
synonym :
{
whinchat }, {
Saxicola rubetra }]
Whinchat \
Whin "
chat `\,
n . [
So called because it frequents whins .] (
Zool .)
A small warbler ({
Pratincola rubetra })
common in Europe ; --
called also {
whinchacker }, {
whincheck }, {
whin -
clocharet }.
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Chat \
Chat \,
n .
1 .
Light ,
familiar talk ;
conversation ;
gossip .
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Snuff ,
or fan ,
supply each pause of chat ,
With singing ,
laughing ,
ogling ,
and all that .
--
Pope .
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2 . (
Zool .)
A bird of the genus {
Icteria },
allied to the warblers ,
in America .
The best known species are the yellow -
breasted chat ({
Icteria viridis }),
and the long -
tailed chat ({
Icteria longicauda }).
In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family {
Saxicolid [
ae ]},
as the {
stonechat },
and {
whinchat }.
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{
Bush chat }. (
Zool .)
See under {
Bush }.
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