thrush

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A contagious disease caused by a fungus, Candida albicans, that occurs most often in infants and children, characterized by small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and usually accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea.
• noun An infection of the frog of a horse's foot, characterized by a foul-smelling discharge and often resulting from unhygienic stall conditions.
• noun Any of numerous migratory songbirds of the widely distributed family Turdidae, usually having brownish upper plumage and a spotted breast and noted for a clear melodious song.

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun A diseased condition of the frog of the horse's foot, characterized by a fetid discharge: it is generally ascribed to the irritation of wet and filth.
• noun Parasitic stomatitis, caused by the thrush-fungus. Also called aphthæ, sprew, sprue.
• noun A bird of the family Turdidæ, and especially of the genus Turdus in a broad sense; specifically, the throstle, song-thrush, or mavis of Europe, Turdus musicus.
• noun Some bird not of the thrush family, mistaken for a thrush or compared to a thrush: with a qualifying epithet.
• noun See Scisura.
• noun See thurse and hobthrush.

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

• noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.
• noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.
• noun See Ant thrush, Breve, and Pitta.
• noun any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also babbler.
• noun any species of bulbul.
• noun See under Shrike.
• noun the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast.
• noun See Nightingale, 2.
• noun any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus Cochoa. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits.
• noun An American warbler (Seiurus Noveboracensis).
• noun (Med.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthæ. See aphthæ.
• noun (Far.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.
• noun Any of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and robin have.
• noun US, colloquial A female singer.

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

• noun candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults
• noun songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
• noun a woman who sings popular songs