n. [ Stone + chat. ] [ So called from the similarity of its alarm note to the clicking together of two pebbles. ] (Zool.) (a) A small, active, and very common European singing bird (Pratincola rubicola); -- called also chickstone, stonechacker, stonechatter, stoneclink, stonesmith. (b) The wheatear. (c) The blue titmouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name is sometimes applied to various species of Saxicola, Pratincola, and allied genera; as, the pied stonechat of India (Saxicola picata). [ 1913 Webster ]