redstart
[ red-stahrt ]
/ ˈrɛdˌstɑrt /
noun
any of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, especially Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart).
any of several fly-catching, New World warblers, especially Setophaga ruticilla (American redstart), having black and white plumage with reddish-orange patches.
Origin of redstart
1560–70;
red1 + obsolete
start tail (Middle English
start, stert tail, handle, Old English
steort tail; akin to Old High German
sterz, Old Norse
stertr)
Words nearby redstart
redshift,
redshifted,
redshirt,
redshirting,
redskin,
redstart,
redstone,
redtop,
reduce,
reduced,
reduced glutathione
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British Dictionary definitions for redstart
redstart
/ (ˈrɛdˌstɑːt) /
noun
any European songbird of the genus Phoenicurus, esp P. phoenicurus, in which the male has a black throat, orange-brown tail and breast, and grey back: family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc)
any North American warbler of the genus Setophaga, esp S. ruticilla
Word Origin for redstart
Old English
rēad
red
1 +
steort tail; compare German
Rotsterz