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 redstart ['redstɑ:t]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 红尾鸲



    redstart
    [ noun ]
    1. flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail

    2. <noun.animal>
    3. European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

    4. <noun.animal>


    Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.]
    (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Phoenicurus
    phoenicurus}, formerly {Ruticilla phoenicurus}),
    allied to the nightingale; -- called also {redtail},
    {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The black
    redstart is {Phoenicurus ochruros} (formerly
    {Phoenicurus tithys}), and is now rare and protected
    by law in England. The name is also applied to several
    other species of {Ruticilla} and allied genera, native
    of India.
    (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga
    ruticilla}). The male is black, with large patches of
    orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female
    is olive, with yellow patches.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    1. The redstart, for your information, is a small neotropical warbler.
    2. That is the most pathetic part of this dismal history of redstart perfidy: Discovering that they had been betrayed, the poor victims turned on each other.
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