Definition of "stonechat" [stone•chat]

• A small Old World thrush (Saxicola torquata) of open, grassy regions, the male of which has a black head, dark wings and tail, and chestnut underparts. (noun)

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• "I just learned that the stonechat is a bird, but this yarn speaks to me of bricks."
• "The first shows a male who returns to give the cameraman a quick encore; the second shows a stonechat not eating a centipede."
• "Actually we heard two cuckoos, a stonechat and curlews, saw a heron, skylarks and countless warblers and the sun shone for most of the run without getting too hot."