Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Whitethroat \White"throat`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   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 ({S. hortensis}), and
   the lesser whitethroat ({S. curruca}).