water thrush

American  

Or waterthrush

noun

1. either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.

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water thrush British  

noun

1. either of two North American warblers, Seiurus motacilla or S. noveboracensis, having a brownish back and striped underparts and tending to occur near water

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Etymology

Origin of water thrush

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

One bird, it is true, I found in this hammock, and not elsewhere: a single oven-bird, which, with one Northern water thrush and one Louisiana water thrush, completed my set of Florida Seiuri.

From A Florida Sketch-Book by Torrey, Bradford

Another bird which has interested me here is the Louisiana water thrush, called also large-billed water-thrush, and water-wagtail.

From Wake-Robin by Burroughs, John

Did he snatch flies on the wing as the necklaced Canadian warbler, or glean from the brook’s edge as our water thrush?

From The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year by Beebe, William

Somewhere, from the branches below the Ridge, a water thrush gurgled a last joyous note that rippled liquid gold through the twilight.

From The Freebooters of the Wilderness by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

A small-billed water thrush was teetering along a willow-branch, while his congeners, the oven-birds, were practicing their aerial hymn.

From Birds in the Bush by Torrey, Bradford