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whinchat
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whinchat \Whin"chat`\, n. [So called because it frequents whins.] (Zool.) A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
--Pope.
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2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
name is given to several birds of the family
Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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