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redstart

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun redstart has 2 senses

redstart(n = noun.animal) american redstart, setophaga ruticilla - flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail; Array

is a kind of flycatching warbler

redstart(n = noun.animal) redtail - European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins; Array

is a kind of thrush

is a member of genus phoenicurus, phoenicurus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

redstart, n. [Red + start tail.].

A small, handsome European singing bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus, formerly Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is Phoenicurus ochruros (formerly Phoenicurus tithys), and is now rare and protected by law in England. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla and allied genera, native of India. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

redstart, n.
1 any European red-tailed songbird of the genus Phoenicurus.
2 any of various similar American warblers of the family Parulidae.

Etymology

RED + OE steort tail

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