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1. (n.) blackbird
any of several birds of the New World subfamily Icterinae (family Emberizidae) having shiny black or mostly black plumage, as the red-winged blackbird.
2. blackbird
a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
3. blackbird
a Kanaka who was kidnapped and sold as a slave in Australia.
4. (v.i.) blackbird
to kidnap Kanakas and sell them into slavery.
Etymology: (1480–90)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) New World blackbird, blackbird
any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
2. (noun) blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula
common black European thrush
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1. (noun) blackbird
a common black bird in North America and Europe
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) blackbird
in England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing
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Sense: a dark-coloured bird of the thrush family.
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 Afrikaans: swartvoël, lyster |
 Arabic: شُحرور |
 Bulgarian: кос |
 Brazilian: melro |
 Czech: kos |
 German: die Amsel |
 Danish: solsort |
 Greek: κοτσύφι |
 Spanish: mirlo |
 Estonian: musträstas |
 Farsi: سیه پر |
 Finnish: mustarastas |
 French: merle |
 Hebrew: קִיכְלִי |
 Hindi: कस्तूरक, कोयल की जाति का |
 Croatian: kos |
 Hungarian: fekete rigó |
 Indonesian: jalak hitam |
 Icelandic: svartþröstur |
 Italian: merlo |
 Japanese: クロウタドリの類 |
 Korean: 지빠귀의 일종 |
 Lithuanian: juodasis strazdas |
 Latvian: melnais strazds |
 Malay: burung hitam |
 Dutch: merel |
 Norwegian: svarttrost |
 Polish: kos |
 Persian: سیه پر |
 Pashto: توره مرغۍ، هره مرغۍ چه نر |
 Portuguese: melro |
 Romanian: mierlă |
 Russian: чёрный дрозд |
 Slovak: drozd |
 Slovenian: kos |
 Serbian: kos |
 Swedish: koltrast |
 Thai: นกยุโรปชนิดหนึ่ง |
 Turkish: karatavuk |
 Taiwanese: (英)畫眉，(美)燕八哥 |
 Ukrainian: чорний дрізд |
 Urdu: سیاہ رنگ کا پرندہ |
 Vietnamese: chim két |
 Chinese: 画眉，燕八哥 |
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