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stonechat definition

stone·chat (-c̸hat′)

noun

any of certain small, insect-eating Old World thrushes (esp. Saxicola torquata) with a black head and back and a white rump

Etymology: from its cry, like the sound of pebbles knocked together

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