redstart

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdstɑɹt/

The English word “redstart” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

Inherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.

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