- wheatears
- n. song bird that has a white rump and black face
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
wheatears
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wheatear — [16] The wheatear is etymologically the ‘white arsed’ bird. The word is a backformation from an earlier wheatears, a singular form which came to be regarded as plural. And wheatears in turn was an alteration (due no doubt to confusion with wheat) … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
wheatear — [16] The wheatear is etymologically the ‘white arsed’ bird. The word is a backformation from an earlier wheatears, a singular form which came to be regarded as plural. And wheatears in turn was an alteration (due no doubt to confusion with wheat) … Word origins
Oenanthe — noun 1. poisonous herbs: water dropworts • Syn: ↑genus Oenanthe • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Umbelliferae, ↑family Umbelliferae, ↑Apiaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
