NOUN | animal | blackbird, New World blackbird | any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black |
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animal | blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula | common black European thrush |
Sounds | blae'kberd | |
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Rhymes | Abelard ... word / Word: 269 rhymes with erd... |
Meaning | Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black. | |
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Synonym | New World blackbird | |
Narrower | cowbird | North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests |
grackle, crow blackbird | long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage | |
red-winged blackbird, redwing, Agelaius phoeniceus | North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings | |
rusty blackbird, rusty grackle, Euphagus carilonus | North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall | |
Broader | New World oriole, American oriole, oriole | American songbird |
Spanish | soldadito, turpial |
Meaning | Common black European thrush. | |
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Synonyms | merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula | |
Member of | Turdus, genus Turdus | type genus of the Turdidae |
Broader | thrush | songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast |
Spanish | mirlo | |
Catalan | merla, Turdus merula |
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