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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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

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

Literary usage of Redstart

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1899)
"Another Example of Curious Nesting of the American redstart. ... It contained five redstart eggs. One of these was entirely buried beneath the others, ..."

2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Range.—Southern New Mexico and Arizona, southward. This beautiful redstart is black with a large white patch ..."

3. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"This beautiful redstart is black with a large white patch on the wings coverts, white outer tail feathers, and with the belly and middle of the breast ..."

4. The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1840)
"... either mounts into the air in its wake, or conies towards the ground spirally and in many zig-zags. The insect secured, the lovely redstart ..."

5. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"THE redstart or Firetail is a summer visitor that comes to this country ... In some particulars the redstart resembles the Bluethroat and the Redbreast. ..."

6. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"The redstart is the Warbler you are perhaps most likely to see on a walk in the woods. It can never be mistaken for any of its family, which is a great and ..."

7. Ornithological Biography by John James Audubon (1832)
"THE AMERICAN redstart. MUSCICAPA RUTICILLA, Linn. PLATE XL. MALE AKD FEMALE. THIS is one of the most lively, ... The insect secured, the lovely redstart ..."

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