redstart

英 ['redstɑːt] 美['rɛd,stɑrt]
  • n. 红尾鸲,红尾鸟

英英释义


1. flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
2. European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins

英文词源


redstart (n.)
type of bird, 1560s, from red (adj.1) + start "tail," from Old English steort. Similar formation in German Rotsterz.