Thesaurus: wheatear

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1. n. A small European singing bird (Saxicola /nanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
2. n. small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
3. A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
4. A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male iswhite beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripethrough each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, butwhite at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell,dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
5. n. small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump