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Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The song-thrush or throstle, Turdus musicus, a well-known thrush common in most parts of Europe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).

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  • noun song thrush.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun common Old World thrush noted for its song

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English, from Old French mauvis, probably from mauve, seagull, mew.]

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From the Irish Queen Mab.

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  1. thrush

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cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. big mavis

rhymes (2)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Davis
  2. avis

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  • reesetee commented on the word mavis

    British nickname for the Song Thrush. Also nicknamed throstle.

    February 13, 2008