stonechat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   any of several small Old World insect-eating birds of the genus Saxicola, especially the European stonechat

   The male stonechat perched on a stem above the heath, showing its dark head and orange breast.

Formed from stone + chat. Chat is a bird name associated with chattering calls, and stonechat probably refers specifically to the bird's sharp warning call, often compared to two stones being struck together.

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