thrush
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3.6
- noun
- /θrʌʃ/
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- So this is thrush, and this is commonly how you would see thrush.
- Wood Thrush
- hermit thrush
- singing thrush
I believe the last answer is yes, thrush.
- I believe the last answer is yes, thrush.
Examples
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And there, the quicker, lighter song of a thrush.
Fiction book (1995) -
Afterwards, sometimes, the thrush is still singing, and in the distance, sometimes, they don't hear anything breaking.
Fiction book (1995) -
The communication presents at the end a small drawing of a thrush ...
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A thrush was riffling about in last year's leaves.
Fiction book (2000) -
No one was there, and only a thrush startled from its nest cried in answer as it lifted through the dense tangle of branches.
Fiction book (1991) -
At breakfast, the loud, melancholy song of the mistle thrush was already echoing from the top of the walnut tree.
Fiction book (1994) -
Veeries called from every other tree, a Wood Thrush was 'bubbling' in the woods, and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher.
Blog text (21) -
Waking early, with the sun still behind the mountain—only a thrush calling—they grind coffee.
Fiction book (1995) -
Chickadees here and there, a pair of downy woodpeckers, two white-throated sparrows, a cardinal, and a cooperative hermit thrush.
Blog text (4) -
The thrush sang sweetly from the branches of the tree in the early morning light.
Synonyms
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9.9
A small brown bird that sings a clear repeating song
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7.9
A North American bird with a brown back and spotted breast that sings beautifully
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9.9
A small brown bird with spots on its chest that sings beautifully
1
8.1
A large North American bird that sings beautifully in eastern woods
A small brown bird that sings short repeated songs
A small brown songbird from North America that sings a long, beautiful song
A small brown songbird from eastern North America with a sweet flute-like song
Compounds
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7.9
A North American bird with a brown back and spotted breast that sings beautifully
- US
A large brown songbird from the eastern United States that sings and copies other birds
- Specialized
A bird from Central and South American forests that follows army ants to eat insects
A large European songbird with a spotted belly that eats mistletoe berries and sings loudly
A large European bird with a spotted breast that eats mistletoe berries and sings loudly
- Specialized
A small brown songbird from eastern North America with a sweet flute-like song
How Melodious
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word thrush comes from an old English name for a small, brown songbird with a spotted breast and a clear, musical voice, and it is like the German word 'Drossel'. That's why thrush still means that spotted, singing bird.