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
Calls, pheu like that of Veery; a low cluck like that of Hermit Thrush, and rarely, a pip or peenk like that of Olive-backed Thrush; song, like that of Veery but more interrupted.
From Project Gutenberg
It is hard for me ever to think of this brilliant, tropically dressed grosbeak as a true Northerner; and here once more I was for the moment surprised to hear him and the olive-backed thrush singing together in the same wood.
From Project Gutenberg
Vegetable food.—The vegetable food of the olive-backed thrush consists of small fruit.
From Project Gutenberg
The olive-backed thrush and its relative, the russet-backed, occupy the whole of the United States at some time during the year.
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