song thrush

noun

common Old World thrush noted for its song

• Syn: ↑mavis, ↑throstle, ↑Turdus philomelos

• Hypernyms: ↑thrush

• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdus, ↑genus Turdus

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noun

1. : an Old World thrush (Turdus ericetorum) that is olivaceous brown above and white below, tinged with buff on the breast, and spotted with blackish brown on the breast and sides — called also mavis, throstle

2. : wood thrush 1

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a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.

[1660-70]

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song thrush noun

A common European thrush, with a song consisting of a series of short repeated calls (see also ↑thrush¹)

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Main Entry: ↑song

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song thrush,

1. = wood thrush (def. 1). (Cf. ↑wood thrush)

2. a common European thrush with a yellowish-brown back, spotted breast, and white belly, noted for its song; mavis.

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n. a common European and central Asian thrush with a buff spotted breast, having a loud song in which each phrase is repeated two or three times. ● Turdus philomelos, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae