whitethorn (hwitthorn)

[ 2. The white-throated sparrow, or pea body bird, of the United States, Zonotrichia albicollis. -3. A Brazilian humming-bird, Leu coch loris albicollis. The character implied in the name is very unusual in this family. white-throated (hwit'thrō"ted), a. Having a white throat: specifying many birds and other animals: as, the white - throated sparrow, Zonotrichia albicollis, the most abundant kind of crown-sparrow found in eastern parts of the United States. See cut under Zonotrichia. White-throated blue warbler. See warbler.-White throated finch. See finch1. - White-throated monitor, a South African varan, Monitor alb i gular is.-White throated thickhead. Same as thunder -bird, 1. -White throated warbler. See warbler.