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Definition of "white-breasted" [white-breasted]

  • Having a white breast or bosom.
  • Having the breast more or less white: specifying numerous animals. See cut under squirrel-hawk.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "white-breasted" in a sentence
  • "Those "European turkeys" were eventually brought back to North America and are the ancestors of the white-breasted turkey that is the variety raised commercially as well as the heritage breeds, many of which look much more like their wild ancestors."
  • "Over 230 bird species have been recorded, 143 typical of primary forest, including white-breasted guineafowl Agelastes meleagrides (E), Nimba flycatcher Melaenornis annamarulae (I), western wattled cuckoo-shrike Campephaga lobata (V), and yellow-throated olive greenbul Criniger olivaceus (V)."
  • "Some of the more common birds are the northern pygmy-owl, olive warbler, red-faced warbler, hepatic tanager, mountain bluebird, pygmy nuthatch, white-breasted nuthatch, Mexican junco, Steller's jay, red-shafted flicker and the Rocky Mountain sapsucker."