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noun flycatching warbler of eastern North America the male having bright orange on sides and wings and tail
noun European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins
originInherited from Middle English *redstert; equivalent to red + start (“tail”). Compare Dutch roodstaart, Danish rødstjert.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0