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BLACKBIRD

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Common black European thrush

Synonyms:

blackbird; European blackbird; merl; merle; ousel; ouzel; Turdus merula

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("blackbird" is a kind of...):

thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)

Holonyms ("blackbird" is a member of...):

genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

Synonyms:

blackbird; New World blackbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("blackbird" is a kind of...):

American oriole; New World oriole; oriole (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "blackbird"):

crow blackbird; grackle (long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage)

Euphagus carilonus; rusty blackbird; rusty grackle (North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall)

cowbird (North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests)

Agelaius phoeniceus; red-winged blackbird; redwing (North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings)

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