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n. - Common European thrush; Any bird of the family Icteridae.

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Usage examples (38)
  • Both of these are very mellow singers and we are particularly glad to have a good singing blackbird again.
  • The Totalitarian Temptation from Locke to Lucianne. the blackbird is involved Says:
  • It was the edge of a piece of woods, and a blackbird was again heard saluting them.
  • Cranky the blackbird is involved Says:
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  • It so happens that the "blackbird" (an English thrush) is a "black bird" (a bird that is black).
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