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wheatear
(noun) small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wheatear (plural wheatears)
Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
• clodhopper, fallow-chat, fallow-smiter
wheatear (plural wheatears)
An ear of wheat.
A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
• Haweater, aweather, taraweeh
Source: Wiktionary
Wheat"ear`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A small European singing bird (Saxicola oenanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.