REDSTART

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does redstart mean? 

• REDSTART (noun)
  The noun REDSTART has 2 senses:

1. flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

2. European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

  Familiarity information: REDSTART used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REDSTART (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

American redstart; redstart; Setophaga ruticilla

Hypernyms ("redstart" is a kind of...):

flycatching warbler (any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

redstart; redtail

Hypernyms ("redstart" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("redstart" is a member of...):

genus Phoenicurus; Phoenicurus (Old World thrushes)