hermit thrush

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noun

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

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Origin of hermit thrush

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Words nearby hermit thrush

Hermite, Hermitian conjugate, Hermitian matrix, Hermit Kingdom, Hermit of St. Augustine, hermit thrush, Hermod, Hermon, Hermosa Beach, Hermosillo, Hermoupolis

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.
Birds and all Nature, Vol. VI, No. 4, November 1899|Various