song thrush


noun
  1. a common, European songbird, Turdus philomelos.

Origin of song thrush

1
First recorded in 1660–70

Words Nearby song thrush

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How to use song thrush in a sentence

  • As if to deny that, Bobby suddenly shot down the slope in answer to a cry of alarm from a song thrush.

    Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
  • The notes of the blackbird are rich and full, but monotonous as compared with those of the song-thrush.

  • Every mild day in November the thrushes sing; there are meadows where one may be certain to hear the song-thrush.

    Nature Near London | Richard Jefferies
  • Next to the chaffinch in the volume of its song, and perhaps in some localities surpassing it, is the song-thrush.

    Fresh Fields | John Burroughs
  • Some of its couplets resemble those of the blackcap, but broken, like those of the song-thrush.

British Dictionary definitions for song thrush

song thrush

noun
  1. a common Old World thrush, Turdus philomelos, that has a brown back and spotted breast and is noted for its song

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