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water-chat en · NOUN

Etymology

Mainly used in the 19th-century.

Meanings

1. (archaic, rare) A classification for certain types of birds.
   • We find two species of Eupetes, a curious Malayan genus allied to the forked-tail water-chats; [...] two species of Gracula, the Mynahs of India; and a curious little black Prionochilus, a saw-billed fruit pecker, undoubtedly allied to the Malayan form, although perhaps a distinct genus. 1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 431:
2. (archaic, rare) A classification for certain types of birds. ▸ A South American tyrant flycatcher.
3. (archaic, rare) A classification for certain types of birds. ▸ A forktail thrush.

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waterthrush