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The Black Redstart evolved to live in holes in cliffs and the like, and never used to be widespread in the UK.

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Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.

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noun

Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.

noun

(Canada, US) A species of warbler native to the Americas, Setophaga ruticilla, only distantly related to Phoenicurus.

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Example sentences

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The Black Redstart evolved to live in holes in cliffs and the like, and never used to be widespread in the UK.

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I've seen other tries of shell scripting with lisp dialects but Redstart syntax looks more intuitive (from a shell scripting standpoint) and easy to read.

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I took a photo of a black redstart last year and at the time was able to identify it via photos uploaded to social media.

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How do you use redstart in a sentence?

The Black Redstart evolved to live in holes in cliffs and the like, and never used to be widespread in the UK.

What does redstart mean?

Any of various insectivorous ground-feeding birds, mainly of the genus Phoenicurus. Many of the species have a red tail.

What part of speech is redstart?

redstart is commonly used as noun.