whitethroat

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an Old World warbler with a conspicuously pale throat, especially the common whitethroat, Curruca communis

   The male whitethroat rose above the hedge in a brief aerial song display.

Formed from white + throat, referring to the pale throat of the male. The common whitethroat was long classified as Sylvia communis and is now Curruca communis; greater whitethroat distinguishes it from the smaller lesser whitethroat.

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