chickstone

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chickstone - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
     similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
     pebbles.] (Zool.)
     (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
         (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone,
         stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink,
         stonesmith.
     (b) The wheatear.
     (c) The blue titmouse.
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     Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
           Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the
           pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata).
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