merle
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- noun
- /mɜrl/
- UK
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mirlo
- The merle sang sweetly in the evening, making the garden feel alive.
Examples
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Every morning, I hear the merle chirping from the tree outside my window.
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As I walked through the park, I spotted a merle hopping on the grass, looking for worms.
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I own a blue Merle Dane; she is 7 months old.
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After Duke died, we got Prince Atticus Sparton, another 2-year-old merle, through a Great Dane Rescue online.
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Synonyms
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A common songbird in Europe with black feathers and a yellow beak
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A common bird in Europe with all black feathers that sings in gardens
A common European songbird with males black and females brown
A common bird with a black male and a brown female that sings a beautiful song
A black bird that sings, like a blackbird or ring ouzel
A bird like a blackbird or dipper that lives in Europe and Asia
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word merle comes from French merle and from Latin merula, which means 'blackbird'. So a merle is simply the common blackbird famous for its pleasant song.