thrush

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Three red-whiskered bul-buls, four magpie robins and six shama thrush were among the birds that are now in quarantine.

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  1. noun Any of numerous migratory songbirds of the family Turdidae, usually having brownish upper plumage and a spotted breast and noted for a clear melodious song.
  2. noun Any of various similar or related birds, as a water thrush or thrasher.
  3. noun Slang A woman who sings popular songs.

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  1. Middle English thrushe, from Old English thrysce.
  2. Probably of Scandinavian origin.

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  1. from Middle English thrushe, thrusche, thryshe, from Anglo-Saxon thrysce, thryssce, thrisce = Old High German drosca, droscca, a thrush: see further under throstle.
  2. = Danish tröske = Swedish dial. trösk, Swedish torsk, thrush on the tongue; perhaps connected with Danish tör = Swedish torr = Icelandic thurr = Anglo-Saxon thyrre = German dürr, dry, and with Danish törke = Swedish torka = Icelandic thurka, drought, and so with English thirst: see thirst.
 

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