Turdus

noun

type genus of the Turdidae

• Syn: ↑genus Turdus

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdidae, ↑family Turdidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑missel thrush, ↑mistle thrush, ↑mistletoe thrush, ↑Turdus viscivorus, ↑song thrush, ↑mavis, ↑throstle, ↑Turdus philomelos, ↑fieldfare, ↑snowbird, ↑Turdus pilaris, ↑redwing, ↑Turdus iliacus, ↑blackbird, ↑merl, ↑merle, ↑ouzel, ↑ousel, ↑European blackbird, ↑Turdus merula, ↑ring ouzel, ↑ring blackbird, ↑ring thrush, ↑Turdus torquatus, ↑robin, ↑American robin, ↑Turdus migratorius, ↑clay-colored robin, ↑Turdus greyi

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\\ˈtərdəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, thrush — more at thrush

: a genus of thrushes that is the type of the family Turdidae and includes the European blackbird, the mistle thrush, fieldfare, ring ouzel, and the American robin

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Turdus /tûrˈdəs/

noun

The thrush genus

ORIGIN: L

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turˈdine /tûrˈdīn, -din/ adjective

Of, resembling or belonging to a thrush or the thrushes

turˈdoid adjective

Thrush-like