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ou⋅sel

  [oo-zuhl]
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–noun
ouzel.

ou⋅zel

  [oo-zuhl]
–noun
dipper (def. 4).
Also, ousel.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME osel merle, blackbird, OE ōsle, c. G Amsel; akin to L merula; see merle 1
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ou·sel   (ōō'zəl)   
n.  Variant of ouzel.
ou·zel also ou·sel   (ōō'zəl)   
n.  A water ouzel.

[Middle English osel, from Old English ōsle.]
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Ousel

Ou"sel\, n. [OE. osel, AS. ?sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel.] (Zo["o]l.) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.]

Rock ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel.

Water ousel (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).
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