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yellow-breasted chat
[ yel-oh-bres-tid ]
noun
- an American warbler, Icteria virens, having a yellow throat and breast and greenish-brown upper parts and noted for imitating the songs of other species.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of yellow-breasted chat1
An Americanism dating back to 1720–30
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Example Sentences
The Virginia cardinal was common, and in places the yellow-breasted chat was heard.
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Across the garden I heard my first song from that unique rhapsodist, the yellow-breasted chat.
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For several years I had been trying to know the most eccentric bird in North America,—the yellow-breasted chat.
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A low bush near the plain was vocal during the full moon with the sweet but disconnected music of the yellow-breasted chat.
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The yellow-breasted chat has the greatest variety of vocal expressions.
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