redstart
(Engels)
- Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
- (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.
Etimologie (Engels)
In summary
Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
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