hermit thrush


noun
  1. a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.

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Origin of hermit thrush

1
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

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How to use hermit thrush in a sentence

  • Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush.

    A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter
  • Back in the deep woods a hermit thrush was singing his chant to the rising sun.

    A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter
  • Then, from the depths of the foliage came a voice as shy and as plaintive as that of the hermit thrush, murmuring, "It's Wimley!"

    Bizarre | Lawton Mackall
  • And from a thick maple on the edge of a clearing a hermit-thrush fluted slowly over and over his cloistral ecstasy.

    Earth's Enigmas | Charles G. D. Roberts
  • These are the chickadee, the white-throated sparrow, and the hermit-thrush.