hermit thrush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of hermit thrush
An Americanism dating back to 1805–15
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Wildlife preserves were filled with hikers seeking fresh air with a side of hermit thrush.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024
Some were simple but detailed, like an 1820 drawing of a hermit thrush perched on a branch.
From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2023
But we found solitude while walking for hours on trails and carriage roads; we kept quiet, listening to the liquid song of a hermit thrush from deep in the forest.
From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2021
Then a retiree in a voluminous red coat waved us over to see a real find: a hermit thrush.
From Slate • Jan. 27, 2016
John Wilson Townsend has called Madison Cawein the successor of Sidney Lanier; Edmund Gosse calls him the "hermit thrush," while others have named him the "Kentucky Keats."
From Stories of Old Kentucky by Purcell, Martha Grassham
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