thrush1
Syllabification: (thrush)
Pronunciation: /THrəSH/
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Definition of thrush
noun
- a small or medium-sized songbird, typically having a brown back, spotted breast, and loud song.
- Subfamily Turdinae (the thrush subfamily), family Muscicapidae: many genera, in particular Turdus, and numerous species. The thrush subfamily includes the chats, robins, bluebirds, blackbirds, nightingales, redstarts, and wheatears
Origin:
Old English thrysce, of Germanic origin; related to throstle