Wheatear \Wheat"ear`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A small European singing bird (Saxicola [oe]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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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