olive-backed thrush
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of olive-backed thrush
An Americanism dating back to 1835–45
Example Sentences
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There is an assortment of taxidermied specimens, including a mouse and an olive-backed thrush; eggs from a brown pelican; a porcupine fish; and the jaw of a crocodile.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2014
The olive-backed thrush and its relative, the russet-backed, occupy the whole of the United States at some time during the year.
From Food Habits of the Thrushes of the United States USDA Bulletin 280 by Beal, F. E. L.
Personally I do not know a bittern from an olive-backed thrush.
From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
Last May I glanced up from my book and espied an olive-backed thrush in the back yard, foraging among the currant-bushes.
From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford
This way my thoughts were running when all at once two birds dashed by me—a black-poll warbler in hot pursuit of an olive-backed thrush.
From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford
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