Webster's 1913 Dictionary
WHEATEAR
WHEATEAR Wheat "ear `, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe ). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell,dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
New American Oxford Dictionary
wheatear
wheat ear |ˈ (h )wētˌir ˈwidɪər | ▶noun a mainly Eurasian and African songbird related to the chats, with black and buff or black and white plumage and a white rump. [Genus Oenanthe, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae: several species, in particular the gray-backed northern wheatear (O. oenanthe ), found in the arctic barrens of Eurasia and northeastern Canada. ] ORIGIN late 16th cent.: apparently from white (assimilated to wheat ) + arse (assimilated to ear 2 ).
Oxford Dictionary
wheatear
wheat |ear |ˈwiːtɪə | ▶noun a mainly Eurasian and African songbird related to the chats, with black and buff or black and white plumage and a white rump. ●Genus Oenanthe, family Turdidae: several species, in particular the grey-backed ( northern ) wheatear (O. oenanthe ) of Eurasia and NE Canada. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: apparently from white (assimilated to wheat ) + arse (assimilated to ear 2 ).
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