noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A small Old World songbird, Saxicola rubetra, that feeds on insects.
2. 2
   brown-and-buff European songbird of grassy meadows wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

furzechatgrasschatsaxicola rubetratick

Etymology

From whin + chat (“type of songbird”).

Related phrases

old world

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.