whitethroat

noun

1. Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller

   noun.animal

   Synonyms lesser whitethroat sylvia curruca

   Source: WordNet 3.0

2. greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts

   noun.animal

   Synonyms greater whitethroat sylvia communis

   Source: WordNet 3.0

3. common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown

   noun.animal

   Synonyms white-throated sparrow zonotrichia albicollis

   Source: WordNet 3.0

4. Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (<i>Sylvia cinerea</i>), called also <i>strawsmear</i>, <i>nettlebird</i>, <i>muff</i>, and <i>whitecap</i>, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (<i>S. hortensis</i>), and the lesser whitethroat (<i>S. curruca</i>).

   noun

   Source: webster1913