white rot (hwitrot)

See rot. white rump (hwit'rump), n. 1. Same as white tail, 1.-2. The Hudson i an godwit, Limosa hæ mastic a: same as spotrump. G. Trumbull, 1888. [West Barns table, Ma .] white-rumped (hwit'rumpt), a. Having a white rump or white upper tail-coverts: specifying various birds.-White-rumped petrel, Leach's petrel, Cymochorea leucorrhoa, of a fuliginous color with white upper tail-coverts: found on both east and west coasts of the United States. - White-rumped sandpiper, Bonaparte's sandpiper, Tringa or Actodromas bonapartei, having white upper tail-coverts: abundant in many parts of North America. - White-rumped shrike, the common American shrike, a variety of the loggerhead, Lanius ludo vicianus excubitoroides. White-rumped thrush. See thrush1. white-salted (hwit's alted), a. Cured in a certain manner, as herring (which see). - White salted herring. See herring.