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Whitethroat n. (Zool.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca).

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Whitethroat" Quotes from Famous Books

... follows, And the whitethroat builds and all the swallows! Hark, where my blossomed pear tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops, at the bent spray's edge— That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The ...

— Graded Poetry: Seventh Year - Edited by Katherine D. Blake and Georgia Alexander • Various

Words linked to "Whitethroat" : Sylvia communis, Zonotrichia, Zonotrichia albicollis, New World sparrow, warbler, greater whitethroat