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Webster 1913 Edition
Woodchat
Wood′chatˊ
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
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. (b)
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.