- stonechat stone·chat n
- ['stəʊnˌtʃæt]
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stonechat stone·chat n
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Stonechat — Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also {chickstone},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stonechat — stone•chat [[t]ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt[/t]] n. orn any of several Eurasian thrushes of the genus Saxicola, esp S. torquata[/ex] • Etymology: 1775–85 … From formal English to slang
stonechat — /stohn chat /, n. any of several small Old World birds, esp. of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata. [1775 85; STONE + CHAT, so called from its warning cry which sounds like a clash of stones] * * * ▪ bird (species Saxicola torquata),… … Universalium
chickstone — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pratincola rubicola — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Saxicola picata — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stonechacker — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stonechatter — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stoneclink — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stonesmith — Stonechat Stone chat , n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird ({Pratincola rubicola}); called also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
List of African birds — This list of African birds is a listing of all the bird species known from the continent of Africa. TOCrightNotesThere are over 45 billion different species of birds in Africa.The taxonomy of this list adheres to James Clitorus Birds of the World … Wikipedia
