Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as bluethroat.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A small European bird; the blue-throated warbler.

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  • noun A small European bird, the blue-throated warbler.

Etymologies

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blue +‎ breast

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Examples

  • The bluebreast darter is threatened in Ohio; it occurs in the swift, rocky riffles of Big Darby Creek, a State and National Scenic River in Ecoregion 55e.

    Ecoregions of Indiana and Ohio (EPA) 2008

  • The fish are the spotted darter, which is endangered, and the Tippecanoe and bluebreast darters, which are threatened.

    dispatch.com: RSS 2009

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