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Definition of: wheatear
(hwēt′ir) noun
A thrushlike bird (Oenanthe oeonanthe) of the northern parts of the northern hemisphere, related to the whinchat, ash-gray above and white below, with the wings, sides of head, and tip of tail black. [Earlier wheatears <WHITE + ers, eeres rump]
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