sylvia curruca

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sylvia curruca - 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]

sylvia curruca - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Sylvia curruca
      n 1: Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but
           smaller [syn: lesser whitethroat, whitethroat, Sylvia curruca
           ]