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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
. Definition 2024
blackbird
blackbird
English
A blackbird (Turdus merula)
Noun
blackbird (plural blackbirds)
- A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
- (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
Synonyms
- (Turdus merula): common blackbird; Eurasian blackbird; merle, merl; ouzel
- (Icteridae): icterid
Derived terms
terms derived from blackbird (noun)
Translations
common thrush, Turdus merula
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bird of the family Icteridae
See also
- ictericus
- merula
- merulus