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Webster 1913 Edition


Whitethroat

White′throatˊ

,
Noun.
(Zool.)
Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (
Sylvia cinerea
), called also
strawsmear
,
nettlebird
,
muff
, and
whitecap
, the
garden whitethroat
, or
golden warbler
(
Sylvia hortensis
), and the
lesser whitethroat
(
Sylvia curruca
).