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(-stärt′)

noun

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

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

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noun

A small North American bird (Setophaga ruticilla), the male of which has black plumage with orange patches on the wings and tail.
A European bird (Phoenicurus phoenicurus) having grayish plumage and a rust-red breast and tail.

Origin:

Origin: red

Origin: + obsolete start, tail (from Middle English stert, from Old English steort; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots)

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