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wheatear definition

wheat·ear (hwēt′ir′, wēt′-)

noun

any of a genus (Oenanthe) of small, long-legged, migrating thrushes native to the Old World, esp. a species (O. oenanthe) now in North America

Etymology: earlier white ears < white + eeres, ers, var. of arse: in reference to its white rump

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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