Crossword-Solution: WOODCHAT
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Woodchat | n. | Any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds belonging to the genera Ianthia and Larvivora. They are closely allied to the European robin. The males are usually bright blue above, and more or less red or rufous beneath. |
| Woodchat | n. | A European shrike (Enneoctonus rufus). In the male the head and nape are rufous red; the back, wings, and tail are black, varied with white. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
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Sentences with WOODCHAT (5)
The great grey shrike, the red-backed shrike, and the woodchat shrike, are the three species of the family occurring in Great Britain; the red-backed shrike is the only tolerably common one, arriving in this country late in April, and quitting it in September.
WOODCHAT SHRIKE LÁNIUS POMERÁNUS Forehead and cheeks black; nape bright rust colour; back and wings variegated with black, white, and reddish brown; under parts white; outer tail feathers white, with a square black spot at the base on the inner web, the two next with the black spot larger, and on both webs, the two middle ones wholly black, the rest black tipped with white; tail slightly rounded; second primary equal in length to the fifth.
The Bee-eaters pass on: but there is no truce for the insect-world, for other deadly enemies, the Woodchat and Southern Grey Shrike, sit by on every bush, intent on impaling heavy-flying bee or beetle.
THE WOODCHAT Lanius pomeranus, Sparrman Single examples of this species have from time to time visited the southern and eastern counties of England during migration, and possibly they may have nested on one or two occasions.
Another species of Shrike, the Woodchat (_Lanius rutilus_), has been met with in this country during the summer months, and has been reported even to have nested here.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2002).