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Redstart

//ˈɹɛdstɑɹt// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
  2. 2
    European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins wordnet
  3. 3
    A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus. Canada, US
  4. 4
    flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail wordnet

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.

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