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

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song thrush

As if to deny that, Bobby suddenly shot down the slope in answer to a cry of alarm from a song thrush.

From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse

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.

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

From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry

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