Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of the redstart, Ruticilla phænicura.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The European redstart; -- so called from the red color of its tail.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK, dialect, Yorkshire The
European redstart .
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From the red colour of its tail.
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