stonechat

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(stōn′chat′)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
stone•chat  (stōn′chat′),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Birdsany of several small Old World birds, esp. of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
  • stone + chat, so called from its warning cry which sounds like a clash of stones 1775–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
stonechat / ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt/
  1. an Old World songbird, Saxicola torquata, having a black plumage with a reddish-brown breast: subfamily Turdinae (thrushes)
Etymology: 18th Century: so called from its cry, which sounds like clattering pebbles
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