woodchat

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woodchat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Woodchat \Wood"chat`\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds
            belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora.
            They are closely allied to the European robin. The
            males are usually bright blue above, and more or less
            red or rufous beneath.
        (b) A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male
            the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and
            tail are black, varied with white.
            [1913 Webster]