blackbird
5
2.7
- noun
- /ˈblækˌbɜrd/
- US
:
tordo
- I clearly remember seeing a tricolored blackbird, though for years people told me it was a red-winged blackbird.
- blackbird damage
- blackbird damage to sunflower
- blackbird roost
Examples
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Large flocks of blackbirds of mixed species feed in sunflower fields.
Academic text (2011) -
You know, he's like Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
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But she describes the Blackbird as always there and always going away.
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"A man and a woman and a blackbird.
Academic text (2011) -
Ben, did you ever hear of blackbirds attacking a man?
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Before Provos could answer, a blackbird flew overhead, peering down at them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Now it was spring, the early-morning cries of red-winged blackbirds and cardinals.
Fiction book (1997) -
Further along, a flock of red-winged blackbirds stood pecking at something in the gravel one foot away from the track.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sweet song of the blackbird calls softly across the bay.
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At dawn, we can hear blackbirds singing loudly outside our windows.
Synonyms
17
2.3
A small bird, like a canary, that makes pleasant musical sounds
A bird from the Americas whose male is mostly black
Compounds
1
5.8
A North American blackbird with bright red and yellow shoulder patches on males
1
9.3
A North American blackbird with dark feathers that have rusty edges in autumn
A common bird with a black male and a brown female that sings a beautiful song
How Musical
- UK
16
4.4
- Specialized
- US
5
2.7
- UK
9
1.0
38
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackbird is formed from black and bird, meaning 'black' 'bird'. In North and Central America, people use this name for several songbirds whose males are black or mostly black, so the name simply describes their colour.