whitethroat Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller
    Sylvia curruca; lesser whitethroat.
  2. noun greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts
    greater whitethroat; Sylvia communis.
  3. noun common North American finch with a white patch on the throat and black-and-white striped crown
    white-throated sparrow; Zonotrichia albicollis.

WordNet

White"throat` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).

Webster 1913