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3 definitions for whinchat From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
whinchat
n : brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows [syn: Saxicola
rubetra]
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