song thrush

American  

noun

1. a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.

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song thrush British  

noun

1. a common Old World thrush, Turdus philomelos, that has a brown back and spotted breast and is noted for its song

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Etymology

Origin of song thrush

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

He put his counterfeits, painted and marked like the originals, into the nests of the song thrush, the blackbird, and the grasshopper warbler, and in no case was the imposition detected.

From Ways of Nature by Burroughs, John

Like the song thrush it finds a determined enemy in the magpie, against which it often defends itself with success.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

The breeding of blackbird, song thrush, and mistle thrush in Great Britain.

From The Breeding Birds of Kansas by Johnston, Richard F.

The Missel Thrush, so called from its fondness for the mistletoe, is larger than the common or song thrush, less melodious and not so common in England, but well known upon the continent of Europe.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

But this new antagonist was no half-frozen, half-starved Continental song thrush.

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry