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Webster 1913 Edition
Blackbird
Black′bird
(blăk′bẽrd)
, Noun.
(Zool.)
In England, a species of thrush (
Turdus merula
), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor
, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus
, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing
.