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THRUSH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thrush" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "thrush"):
bluethroat; Erithacus svecicus (songbird of northern Europe and Asia)
Erithacus rubecola; Old World robin; redbreast; robin; robin redbreast (small Old World songbird with a reddish breast)
bluebird (blue North American songbird)
wheatear (small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump)
redstart; redtail (European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins)
solitaire (a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song)
chat; Old World chat (songbirds having a chattering call)
Luscinia luscinia; thrush nightingale (large nightingale of eastern Europe)
Luscinia megarhynchos; nightingale (European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song)
Hylocichla mustelina; wood thrush (large thrush common in eastern American woodlands; noted for its melodious song)
Hylocichla fuscescens; veery; Wilson's thrush (tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song)
hermit thrush; Hylocichla guttata (North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song)
clay-colored robin; Turdus greyi (robin of Mexico and Central America)
American robin; robin; Turdus migratorius (large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen)
ring blackbird; ring ouzel; ring thrush; Turdus torquatus (European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck)
blackbird; European blackbird; merl; merle; ousel; ouzel; Turdus merula (common black European thrush)
redwing; Turdus iliacus (small European thrush having reddish flanks)
fieldfare; snowbird; Turdus pilaris (medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter)
mavis; song thrush; throstle; Turdus philomelos (common Old World thrush noted for its song)
missel thrush; mistle thrush; mistletoe thrush; Turdus viscivorus (large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries)
Holonyms ("thrush" is a member of...):
family Turdidae; Turdidae (thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A woman who sings popular songs
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("thrush" is a kind of...):
singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("thrush" is a kind of...):
candidiasis; monilia disease; moniliasis (an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans))
