WHEATEAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does wheatear mean? 

• WHEATEAR (noun)
  The noun WHEATEAR has 1 sense:

1. small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump

  Familiarity information: WHEATEAR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHEATEAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Oenanthe; Oenanthe (wheatears)