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gray-cheeked thrush

[ grey-cheekt ]
/ ˈgreɪˌtʃikt /

noun

a North American thrush, Catharus minimus, having olive upper parts and grayish cheeks.

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Origin of gray-cheeked thrush

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Words nearby gray-cheeked thrush

graybeard, gray birch, gray body, gray card, gray cataract, gray-cheeked thrush, Gray code, gray column, gray degeneration, gray duck, gray eminence
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