English dictionary
wheatear
/'/hw//i/t,/i/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
Source: WordNet 3.0
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A small European singing bird (<i>Saxicola œnanthe</i>). 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 <i>checkbird</i>, <i>chickell</i>, <i>dykehopper</i>, <i>fallow chat</i>, <i>fallow finch</i>, <i>stonechat</i>, and <i>whitetail</i>.
Source: webster1913