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throated

throated

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With a colored or marked front of the neck, like a white patch on a bird
  • adjective
  • /ˈθroʊtɪd/
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  • A golden-throated small-winged warbler.
  • a full-throated song
  • a yellow-throated vireo
  • a white-throated sparrow

We need Durham to issue a full throated report to give it all up.

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Examples

  • A white-throated needletail.

  • The boat had barely left the dock when a red-throated loon popped up on the port side.

    Blog text (17)
  • - It's an ash-throated flycatcher!

  • According to my guide, the yellow-throated vireo builds in a fork near the end of a branch.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Then came the brown-throated sloth, which looked more like a monkey yet is related to the armadillos.

    Academic text (2005)
  • PHOTOS (COLOR): White-throated monitors, right, spend part of every day basking in the sun.

    Academic text (1995)
  • The bird has a beautiful throated song that fills the forest with melody.

  • The brightly colored throated frogs are known for their distinctive calls during mating season.

  • He was known for his throated voice, which resonated deeply during performances.

Compounds

Loud and strong in voice or speech and full of enthusiasm

A small North American bird with a white throat patch and a striped head

A large animal like a weasel with a yellow throat and black fur found in southern China and Burma

Surface Forms

throated positive

Morphology

throated = throat (transparent) = throat + ed

The adjective 'throated' is transparently formed from the noun 'throat' with the addition of the suffix '-ed', indicating a characteristic related to the throat.

Etymology

Throated comes from the simple word throat, meaning 'the front of the neck' where sound comes from, and the ending -ed which means 'having' that kind of throat, so throated describes something that has a throat of a certain kind, like a 'white-throated' bird or a 'deep-throated' roar.