See Also: wheatear(medicine)
wheatear(1)(dictionary)
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wheatear(2) (iou)



wheatear noun2. Also (earlier) wheatears. L16.
[App. from WHITE adjective + ARSE noun (with ref. to the bird's white rump), with assim. to WHEAT, EAR noun2.]
Any of several birds of the mainly Old World genus Oenanthe (family Turdidae), which have black tails and conspicuous white rumps; esp. O. oenanthe of Europe and neighbouring areas, which has a bluish-grey back, buff breast, and black eyestripe and wings.