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red-start

red-start is the archaic form of redstart.

Meaning of redstart

Noun

redstart (plural redstarts)

  1. Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.
  2. (Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.

Forms of red-start

pluralred-starts

Questions about red-start

What is red-start the archaic form of?
Red-start is the archaic form of redstart.

Words near red-start in the dictionary

  1. red-shouldered hawks
  2. red-skinned
  3. red-spotted
  4. red-spotted purple
  5. red-spotted purples
  6. red-start
  7. red-starts
  8. red-tagging
  9. red-tailed black cockatoo
  10. red-tailed black cockatoos
  11. red-tailed black shark

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