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Definition of Redstart

1. Noun. Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail.

2. Noun. European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins.

Definition of Redstart

1. n. A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phœnicurus), allied to the nightingale; -- called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India.

Definition of Redstart

1. Noun. Any of various insectivorous ground feeding birds, mainly of the genus ''Phoenicurus''. Many of the species have a red tail. ¹

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Definition of Redstart

1. a small songbird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Redstart

1. A small, handsome European singing bird (Ruticilla phoenicurus), allied to the nightingale; called also redtail, brantail, fireflirt, firetail. The black redstart is P.tithys. The name is also applied to several other species of Ruticilla amnd allied genera, native of India. An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches. Origin: Red + start tail. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Redstart

redshank redshanks redshare redshift redshifted redshifting redshifts redshire redshirt redshirted

redshirting redshirts redshort redskin redskins redstart (current term) redstarts redstem filaree redstem storksbill redstreak

redstreaks redtail redtails redthroat redthroats redtop redtops redub redubbed

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