lesser whitethroat
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lesser whitethroat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the
common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also
strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the
garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis
), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).
[1913 Webster]
lesser whitethroat - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :
lesser whitethroat
n 1: Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but
smaller [syn: lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, Sylvia curruca
]
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