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Pronunciation : Wit"tol
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Said to be for white tail, and so called in allusion to its white tail; but cf. witwal.]
Definition : 1. (Zo?l.)

Defn: The wheatear. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A man who knows his wife's infidelity and submits to it; a tame cuckold; -- so called because the cuckoo lays its eggs in the wittol's nest. [Obs.] Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913