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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Stonechat \Stone"chat`\, n. [Stone + chat.] [So called from the
similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two
pebbles.] (Zool.)
(a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird
({Pratincola rubicola}); -- called also {chickstone},
{stonechacker}, {stonechatter}, {stoneclink},
{stonesmith}.
(b) The wheatear.
(c) The blue titmouse.
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Note: The name is sometimes applied to various species of
{Saxicola}, {Pratincola}, and allied genera; as, the
pied stonechat of India ({Saxicola picata}).
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