missel thrush
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of missel thrush
First recorded in 1765–75
Example Sentences
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The favourite spot chosen by the missel thrush is the fork of a tree in an orchard, where lichens are large and plentiful enough to serve as a covering for the nests.
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Big spikes of purple loosestrife crowned the damper clearings, and missel thrushes went out to the fields in straggling bands.
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In size it is not much larger than a missel thrush.
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He devours the berries eagerly, and soils, or "missels" his feet with their viscid seeds, conveying them thus from tree to tree, and getting thence the name of missel thrush.
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How the missel thrushes sing, as well they may!
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