orange-breasted thrust

orange-breasted thrust
Thunderbird Thun"der*bird`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white-throated thickhead}, {orange-breasted thrust}, {black-crowned thrush}, {guttural thrush}, and {black-breasted flycatcher}. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]

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  • black-breasted flycatcher — Thunderbird Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • black-crowned thrush — Thunderbird Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guttural thrush — Thunderbird Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pachycephala gutturalis — Thunderbird Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Thunderbird — Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead}, {orange… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • white-throated thickhead — Thunderbird Thun der*bird , n. (Zo[ o]l.) An Australian insectivorous singing bird ({Pachycephala gutturalis}). The male is conspicuously marked with black and yellow, and has a black crescent on the breast. Called also {white throated thickhead} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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