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Definition: stonechacker
Stonechat
\Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
pebbles.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
(
Pratincola rubicola); -- called also
chickstone,
stonechacker,
stonechatter,
stoneclink,
stonesmith.
(b) The wheatear.
(c) The blue titmouse.
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Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
Saxicola,
Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the
pied stonechat of India (
Saxicola picata).
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