song thrush

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noun

a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.

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Origin of song thrush

First recorded in 1660–70

Words nearby song thrush

songololo, songsmith, song sparrow, songster, songstress, song thrush, songwriter, soni-, Sonia, sonic, sonic barrier

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How to use song thrush in a sentence

As if to deny that, Bobby suddenly shot down the slope in answer to a cry of alarm from a song thrush.
Greyfriars Bobby|Eleanor Atkinson
The notes of the blackbird are rich and full, but monotonous as compared with those of the song-thrush.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
Every mild day in November the thrushes sing; there are meadows where one may be certain to hear the song-thrush.
Nature Near London|Richard Jefferies
Next to the chaffinch in the volume of its song, and perhaps in some localities surpassing it, is the song-thrush.
Fresh Fields|John Burroughs

Some of its couplets resemble those of the blackcap, but broken, like those of the song-thrush.
The Natural History of Cage Birds|J. M. Bechstein

British Dictionary definitions for song thrush

song thrush

noun

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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