Gray+thrush

  • 21The Darkling Thrush — is a poem by Thomas Hardy. Originally titled By the Century s Deathbed, it was published on New Years Day 1901 in The Times. Hardy wrote the poem on December 31, 1900. The first stanzas open with a description of the dreary, bleak winter… …

    Wikipedia

  • 22olive-backed thrush — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun or olive back : a common thrush (Hylocichla ustulata) of northern No. America migrating to the tropics that is brownish olive above and whitish beneath and has a ring about the eye and the sides of the head buff and the chest… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 23Ground thrush — ground ground (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom, Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust, gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.] 1. The surface of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 24Hermit thrush — Hermit Her mit, n. [OE. ermite, eremite, heremit, heremite, F. hermite, ermite, L. eremita, Gr. ?, fr. ? lonely, solitary. Cf. {Eremite}.] 1. A person who retires from society and lives in solitude; a recluse; an anchoret; especially, one who so… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 25Milk thrush — Milk Milk (m[i^]lk), n. [AS. meoluc, meoloc, meolc, milc; akin to OFries. meloc, D. melk, G. milch, OHG. miluh, Icel. mj[=o]lk, Sw. mj[ o]lk, Dan. melk, Goth. miluks, G. melken to milk, OHG. melchan, Lith. milszti, L. mulgere, Gr. ame lgein.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 26Shrike thrush — Shrike Shrike, n. [Akin to Icel. skr[=i]kja a shrieker, the shrike, and E. shriek; cf. AS. scr[=i]c a thrush. See {Shriek}, v. i.] (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family {Laniid[ae]}, having a strong hooked bill,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 27migratory thrush — Robin Rob in, n. [Properly a pet name for Robert, originally meaning, famebright; F., fron OHG. Roudperht; ruod (in comp.; akin to AS. hr?? glory, fame, Goth. hr?peigs victorius) + beraht bright. See {Bright}, {Hob} a clown.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 28Screech thrush — Screech Screech, n. A harsh, shrill cry, as of one in acute pain or in fright; a shriek; a scream. [1913 Webster] {Screech bird}, or {Screech thrush} (Zo[ o]l.), the fieldfare; so called from its harsh cry before rain. {Screech rain}. {Screech… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 29Whin Thrush — Whin Whin, n. [W. chwyn weeds, a single weed.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) (a) Gorse; furze. See {Furze}. [1913 Webster] Through the whins, and by the cairn. Burns. [1913 Webster] (b) Woad waxed. Gray. [1913 Webster] 2. Same as {Whinstone}. [Prov.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 30fieldfare — n. Gray thrush (Turdus pilaris) …

    New dictionary of synonyms