redstart
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redstart
- /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/ US
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Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
noun redstarts
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
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noun ground-feeding bird
| Español | colirrojo, abanico |
|---|---|
| Português | rabirruivo |
| Français | rougequeue |
| Deutsch | Rotschwanz |
| Italiano | codirosso |
| Ελληνικά | κοκκινούρης kokkinoúris |
| Română | codroș |
| Русский | горихво́стка gorixvóstka |
| Tiếng Việt | chim đỏ đuôi |
| العربية | حَمِيرَاء ḥamīrāʔ |
| עברית | חַכְלִילִית kakhlilit |
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