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redstart definition

red·start (-stärt′)

noun

  1. ☆ any of various wood warblers; esp. the American redstart (Setophaga ruticilla), the male of which is black and orange above and white below
  2. any of a genus (Phoenicurus) of small European thrushes with a reddish tail, esp. a common species (P. phoenicurus)

Etymology: red + obs. start < ME stert, tail < OE steort: see stark-naked

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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