Definitions for wheatears

wheatears wheat·ear

Spelling: [hweet-eer, weet-]
IPA: /ˈʰwitˌɪər, ˈwit-/

Wheatears is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 404 anagrams from letters in wheatears (aaeehrstw).

Definitions for wheatears

noun

  1. any of several small, chiefly Old World thrushes of the genus Oenanthe, having a distinctive white rump, especially O. oenanthe, of Eurasia and North America.

Origin of wheatears

1585-95; probably back formation from wheatears, for *whiteers white rump. See white, arse

Examples for wheatears

On August 10, among rocks at the base of moraines, the wheatear was the second most common species.

One would not expect to find a wheatear in a wood, or a wren in a reed-bed.

As a matter of fact, the winter home of the wheatear is Africa.

The migrations of the wheatear must be performed very quickly.

A mile away, I know a flinty waste beloved of the wheatear and the locust.

That delightful, restless little bird, the stonechat, is a near relation of the wheatear.

It is approached in delicacy by our wheatear, which is termed the English Ortolan.

The migrations of the wheatear are practically coincident in date.

Chat, chat, n. a genus of small birds in the thrush family, of which the wheatear is a familiar example.

The earliest to arrive, often preceding the swallows, appear to be the wheatear and the willow-wren.

Word Value for wheatears
Scrable

14

Words with friends

13

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