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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/, /ˈwiːtɪəɹ/ Forms: wheatears [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Probably a back-formation from Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), after the prominent white rump of many species. Compare dialect forms white rump, white-tail. Possibly a compound of wheat + ear or white + ear. Attested since the seventeenth century as wheat-ears or wheatgear. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{back-form|en|nocap=y}} back-formation, {{der|en|enm|whit ers||white arse}} Middle English whit ers (“white arse”), {{nbsp}}, {{compound|en|wheat|ear}} wheat + ear, {{compound|en|white|ear}} white + ear Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheatear (plural wheatears)
  1. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects, Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids
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  2. Any of various passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe that feed on insects,
    especially, the northern wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe)
    Categories (lifeform): Muscicapids
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clodhopper, fallow-chat, fallow-smiter, white-ear Derived forms: Atlas wheatear (taxonomic: Oenanthe seebohmi), desert wheatear, isabelline wheatear, northern wheatear, pied wheatear, western black-eared wheatear, wheatear stitch Translations (birds of genus Oenanthe): οἰνάνθη (oinánthē) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), bicha (Asturian), сиво каменарче (sivo kamenarče) [neuter] (Bulgarian), тӏулган гӏайренашкара хьоза (tʼulgan ğajrenaškara ḥʳoza) (Chechen), bělořit (Czech), tapuit [masculine] (Dutch), steinstólpa [feminine] (Faroese), kivitasku (Finnish), traquet [masculine] (French), Steinschmätzer [masculine] (German), hantmadár (Hungarian), keđgirástágâš (Inari Sami), naksuttaja (Ingrian), rauniopappi (Ingrian), pappiraunio (Ingrian), clochrán [masculine] (Irish), gierggerástes (Lule Sami), tsékʼi dǫ́ʼiiyiyiitsahí (Navajo), blianche-coue [feminine] (Norman), geađgerásttis (Northern Sami), steinskvett [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), białorzytka [feminine] (Polish), ка́менка (kámenka) [feminine] (Russian), clacharan (taxonomic: Oenanthe oenanthe) [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), brù-gheal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), collalba [feminine] (Spanish), steinskvätta [common-gender] (Swedish), tinwen y garn (Welsh)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'birds of genus Oenanthe': 50 50

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/, /ˈwiːtɪəɹ/ Forms: wheatears [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English whete-ere, equivalent to wheat + ear. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|whete-ere}} Middle English whete-ere, {{com|en|wheat|ear}} wheat + ear Head templates: {{en-noun}} wheatear (plural wheatears)
  1. An ear of wheat.
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  2. A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: white-ear
Etymology number: 2

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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "lang": "Navajo",
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      "word": "tsékʼi dǫ́ʼiiyiyiitsahí"
    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "word": "białorzytka"
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      ],
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    },
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "word": "collalba"
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "_dis1": "50 50",
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      "word": "tinwen y garn"
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}

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    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Inari Sami translations",
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    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Lule Sami translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
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    "Terms with Northern Sami translations",
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      "taxonomic": "Oenanthe seebohmi",
      "word": "Atlas wheatear"
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      "word": "desert wheatear"
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      "word": "isabelline wheatear"
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      "word": "northern wheatear"
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    {
      "word": "pied wheatear"
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    {
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      "word": "wheatear stitch"
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          "ref": "1669, Edward Chamberlayne, Angliae Notitia; or, The Present State of England, London: T.N. for John Martyn, →OCLC, page 6:",
          "text": "What abundance of Hens, Ducks, Geese, Turkeys, Pigeons, and Larks? [...] Maychit, Stint, Sea-Plover, Pewits, Redshanks, Rayles, and Wheat-ears, Herrons, Cranes, Bitterns, Bustards, Puffins, God-wits,",
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          "ref": "1796, Tobias Smollett, The miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With memoirs of his life and writings, Edinburgh: J. Mundell, →OCLC, page 21:",
          "text": "great plenty of the birds so much admired at Tunbridge under the name of wheat-ears. By-the-bye, this is a pleasant corruption of white-a—se, the translation of the French name cul blanc, taken from their color; for they are actually white towards the tail.",
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      "ipa": "/ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈwiːtɪəɹ/"
    }
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    {
      "word": "clodhopper"
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      "word": "fallow-chat"
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      "word": "fallow-smiter"
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      "word": "white-ear"
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      "code": "ast",
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      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "word": "bicha"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "roman": "tʼulgan ğajrenaškara ḥʳoza",
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      "word": "тӏулган гӏайренашкара хьоза"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "word": "bělořit"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "word": "kivitasku"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Steinschmätzer"
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      "word": "οἰνάνθη"
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      "word": "hantmadár"
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      "word": "keđgirástágâš"
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      "word": "naksuttaja"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "word": "gierggerástes"
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      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "word": "tsékʼi dǫ́ʼiiyiyiitsahí"
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      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "word": "geađgerásttis"
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      "word": "clacharan"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "collalba"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "birds of genus Oenanthe",
      "word": "tinwen y garn"
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        "A decorative pattern resembling an ear of wheat."
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      "ipa": "/ˈʍiːtɪəɹ/"
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