'Nettlebird' definitions:
Definition of 'Nettlebird'
From: GCIDE
- Nettlebird \Net"tle*bird`\, n. (Zool.) the European whitethroat. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'nettlebird'
From: GCIDE
- Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zool.) 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 ({Sylvia hortensis}), and the lesser whitethroat (Sylvia curruca). [1913 Webster]