black|bird

black|bird
black|bird «BLAK BURD», noun.
1. any one of various American birds so named because the male is mostly black. The cowbird, purple grackle, and red-winged blackbird are blackbirds. Blackbirds are related to the orioles.
2. the common European thrush, with a black body and orange bill.
3. Figurative. a black or other dark-skinned person seized for forced labor or slavery.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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