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Ouzel
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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| ouzel or ousel (ˈuːzəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | ring ouzel See dipper the ring ouzel or water ouzel |
| 2. | an archaic name for the (European) blackbird |
| [Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula | |
| ousel or ousel | |
| —n | |
| [Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula | |
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Word Origin & History
ouzel
O.E. osle "blackbird," from W.Gmc. *amslon- (cf. O.H.G. amsala, Ger. amsel), probably from PIE *ams- "black, blackbird" (cf. L. merula "blackbird," Welsh mwyalch "blackbird, thrush," Bret. moualch "ouzel").
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