stonechat
/stohn-chat/US // ˈstoʊnˌtʃæt //UK // (ˈstəʊnˌtʃæt) //
石家庄,石头聊天,石头人,石家庄市
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : any of several small Old World birds, especially of the genus Saxicola, as S. torquata.
Examples
Only once have I seen a stonechat in the neighbourhood of this garden.
That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear.
Mr. Blyth also informs me that the sexes of the stonechat, Saxicola rubicola, are distinguishable at a very early age.
But the rock stood still, and a stonechat went and perched on it.
It is difficult to put oneself in the place of the Stonechat or of the Whinchat.
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