blackbird
n.
type of black American song-bird; European thrush (the male of which has black feathers and a yellow beak)
Blackbird
The Blackbird or Common Blackbird (Turdus merula) is a
European member of the
thrush family Turdidae.It is common in woods and gardens over all of Europe and much of
Asia south of the
Arctic Circle. Populations are resident except for northern birds which move south in winter (Clement and Hathaway, Thrushes ISBN 0-7136-3940-7). Urban males are more likely to overwinter in cooler climes than rural males, an adaptation made feasible by the warmer microclimate and relatively abundant food that allow the birds to establish territories and start reproducing earlier in the year. The Blackbird is 23.5 to 29 cm in length. It is
omnivorous, eating a wide range of
insects,
earthworms, seeds and berries. It nests in bushes or similar, laying several (usually 4) bluish- green-grey
eggs with brown reddish marks in a neat cup-shaped
nest.
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blackbird
Noun
1. any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
(synonym) New World blackbird
(hypernym) New World oriole, American oriole, oriole
(hyponym) grackle, crow blackbird
2. common black European thrush
(synonym) merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula
(hypernym) thrush
(member-holonym) Turdus, genus Turdus
Blackbird
(n.)
In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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