Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A small sylviine bird of the genus Cyanecula, inhabiting northern Europe and Asia, and occasionally found also in Alaska; a kind of redstart or red-tailed warbler, having a spot of rich blue on the throat. There are two species or varieties, C. suecica and C. wolfi. Also called
bluebreast and blue-throated redstart.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A singing bird of northern Europe and Asia (
Cyanecula Suecica ), related to the nightingales; -- called alsoblue-throated robin andblue-throated warbler .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small
Old World passerine bird, Luscinia svecica, the male in spring having a bright bluethroat .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun songbird of northern Europe and Asia
Etymologies
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blue + throat
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Examples
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Norwegian scientists find that some 60 percent of bluethroat females indulged in "extra-pair copulations."
Science Notes 2008
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I pished, sucking air through my teeth, chacking and tutting, and a bluethroat appeared from behind a pigsty, a beautiful sort-of-redstart for me, almost equally good, its next year’s blue intimated in its delicate pinpricked necklace.
A Year on the Wing TIM DEE 2009
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