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water-chat

water-chat noun: a classification for certain types of birds.

Noun

water-chat (plural water-chats)

  1. (archaic, rare) A classification for certain types of birds.
    • We find two species of Eupetes, a curious Malayan genus allied to the forked-tail water-chats; [...] two species of Gracula, the Mynahs of India; and a curious little black Prionochilus, a saw-billed fruit pecker, undoubtedly allied to the Malayan form, although perhaps a distinct genus.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 431
    1. (archaic, rare) A South American tyrant flycatcher.
    2. (archaic, rare) A forktail thrush.

Forms of water-chat

pluralwater-chats

Origin of water-chat

Mainly used in the 19th-century.

Questions about water-chat

What does water-chat mean?
Water-chat means a classification for certain types of birds.
What part of speech is water-chat?
Water-chat is a noun.
What is the plural of water-chat?
The plural of water-chat is water-chats.

Words near water-chat in the dictionary

  1. water-butt
  2. water-butts
  3. water-carrier
  4. water-carriers
  5. water-carrying
  6. water-chat
  7. water-closet
  8. water-closets
  9. water-cooled
  10. water-cooler
  11. water-cooler chat

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