rusty blackbird

noun

1. a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall.

Word History and Origins

Origin of rusty blackbird¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

The nest of the Rusty Blackbird is large and substantially constructed.

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