veery

American  

[veer-ee] / ˈvɪər i /

noun

• veeries
  plural

1. a thrush, Catharus fuscescens, common in the eastern and northern U.S., noted for its song.

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veery British  

/ ˈvɪərɪ /

noun

1. a tawny brown North American thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens, with a slightly spotted grey breast

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• veeries
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of veery

1830–40, perhaps veer ¹ + -y ²

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Example Sentences

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veery veeries

One bird had a red dot next to its name; it was a veery, a warm-colored thrush, and the dot meant it was a rare sighting.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2023

With these seasonal changes, rainfall in veery habitat may vary, and during years when more rain falls, more fruit could be available, a major staple in the veeries’ diet.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

Heckscher hypothesizes that this change in diet may help the veery return to North America in better shape, more capable of a longer breeding season.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

He stood just a few steps from where his birding obsession had begun in earnest in the spring of 2000 with a sighting of a veery thrush in bright breeding plumage.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2015

The vesper sparrow, the veery, and a host of other friends were singing about the hotel and along the roadside, but we heeded them not.

From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey

Migrations like the ones taken by the veeries have formed over thousands of years as birds sense and react to predictable changes in the weather.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

But every hurricane season is different, and veeries, research shows, have plugged into the global climate cycles that allow them to anticipate how dangerous a season will be.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

It puts the veeries at risk of disappearing from forests and taking with them their chirping, melodic bird songs.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

Heckscher worries that if hurricanes move more slowly over the Gulf of Mexico, it could mean more migrating birds like the veeries face a longer period of risk of being blown off track or killed.

From National Geographic ● Jul. 28, 2023

My summer abiding-place in the Black River country was very near a bit of woods where veeries were plentiful, and I saw them at all hours, and under nearly all conditions.

From Little Brothers of the Air by Olive Thorne Miller

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