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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024red•start (red′stärt′),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of several small, Old World thrushes, usually with reddish-brown tails, esp. Phoenicurus phoenicurus (European redstart.)
- Birdsany of several fly-catching, New World warblers, esp. Setophaga ruticilla (American redstart,) having black and white plumage with reddish-orange patches.
- 1560–70; red1 + obsolete start tail (Middle English start, stert tail, handle, Old English steort tail; akin to Old High German sterz, Old Norse stertr)
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: redstart /ˈrɛdˌstɑːt/ n - any European songbird of the genus Phoenicurus, esp P. phoenicurus, in which the male has a black throat, orange-brown tail and breast, and grey back: family Muscicapidae (thrushes, etc)
- any North American warbler of the genus Setophaga, esp S. ruticilla
Etymology: Old English rēad red1 + steort tail; compare German Rotsterz |