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Webster 1913 Edition
Ousel
Ou′sel
(oŏ′z’l)
, Noun.
[OE.
osel
, AS. ōsle
; akin to G. amsel
, OHG. amsala
, and perh. to L. merula
blackbird. Cf. Merle
, Amsel
.] (Zool.)
One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (
Merula merula
, or Turdus merula
), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus
). [Written also
ouzel
.] Rock ousel
(Zool.)
, the ring ousel.
– Water ousel
(Zool.)
, the European dipper (
Cinclus aquaticus
), and the American dipper (Cinclus Mexicanus
).Webster 1828 Edition
Ousel
OUSEL
,Noun.