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
24 May 2025
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
