wheatear
/ˈwiːtɪə
/noun
A mainly Eurasian and African songbird related to the chats, with black and buff or black and white plumage and a white rump.
- Genus Oenanthe, family Turdidae: several species, in particular the grey-backed (northern) wheatear (O. oenanthe) of Eurasia and NE Canada.
- Other species such as the wheatear, ring ouzel, and sandwich tern have all been observed about one week earlier than usual.
- The name wheatears comes from the Anglo-Saxon.
Origin
Late 16th century: apparently from white (assimilated to wheat) + arse (assimilated to ear2).
Rhymes
- personal hygiene
- personalia
- personal idealism
- personal idealist
- personal identification number
- personal identity
- personal information manager
- personal injury
- personalise
- shot on goal
- shot-peen
- shotproof
- shot-put
- shot-putter
- shot-putting
- shotted
- shotten herring
- shottist
- shot to pieces (or to hell)
- shot tower
- shoujo
- should
- shoulder
- shoulder arms
- shoulder bag