brown thrasher

brown thrasher
noun
common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage
Hypernyms: ↑thrasher, ↑mocking thrush

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noun
: the common thrasher (Toxostoma rufum) of the eastern United States that is reddish brown above and streaked below and like the mockingbird to which it is related is a fine singer

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a common large songbird, Toxostoma rufum, of the eastern U.S., having reddish-brown plumage. Also called brown thrush.
[1800-10, Amer.]

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brown thrasher,
a songbird of eastern North America, with reddish-brown head and back and a white breast speckled with black. It looks somewhat like a thrush, but it is closely related to, and sings similarly to, the mockingbird.

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