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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Sappho \Sap"pho\, n. [See {Sapphic}.] (Zo[94]l.) Any one of several species of brilliant South American humming birds of the genus {Sappho}, having very bright-colored and deeply forked tails; -- called also {firetail}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Redstart \Red"start`\ (-st?rt`), n. [Red + start tail.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small, handsome European singing bird ({Ruticilla ph[d2]nicurus}), allied to the nightingale; -- called also {redtail}, {brantail}, {fireflirt}, {firetail}. The black redstart is {P.tithys}. The name is also applied to several other species of {Ruticilla} amnd allied genera, native of India. (b) An American fly-catching warbler ({Setophaga ruticilla}). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Firetail \Fire"tail`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The European redstart; -- called also {fireflirt}. [prov. Eng.] | |
