Brewer's blackbird
[ broo-erz ]
noun
a blackbird, Euphagus cyanocephalus, of the U.S., the male of which has greenish-black plumage with a purplish-black head.
Origin of Brewer's blackbird
11855–60, Americanism; named after Thomas M. Brewer (1814–80), American ornithologist
Words Nearby Brewer's blackbird
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