shama

American  

[shah-muh] / ˈʃɑ mə /

noun

1. a slender long-tailed thrush, Copsychus malabaricus, of southern Asia and introduced into Hawaii, having black plumage with a white rump and tail sides and a chestnut belly.

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Etymology

Origin of shama

1830–40; said to be < Hindi śāmā

Example Sentences

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shama

Up here you can hear the rich song of a shama thrush through the branches and get a peek of the very tip of Diamond Head.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 7, 2015

Their costume consists of drawers, a cotton shirt, with a white cotton-cloth cloak, called a shama, having a broad scarlet border, and, in addition, a lion-skin tippet with long tails.

From Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign by William Henry Giles Kingston

It was a bird you heard—the sweet-singing shama, or a chakwa calling to his mate across a stream.

From The Three Sapphires by W. A. Fraser

As the harsh call, like an evening muezzin, died out, the sweet song of a shama, in tones as pure as those of a nightingale, broke the solemn hush of eventide.

From Caste by William Alexander Fraser

If song denotes only sweet melodies such as those of the shama and the nightingale, then indeed flycatcher-warblers are not singers.

From Birds of the Indian Hills by Douglas Dewar