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swainson's thrush

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Swainson's thrush

–noun
a North American thrush, Catharus ustulatus, having olive upper parts and wintering south to Argentina.


Origin:
see Swainson's hawk
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ol·ive-backed thrush   (ŏl'ĭv-bākt')   
n.  A North American thrush (Hylocichla ustulata) having a dark olive-brown back and common in spruce and fir forests. Also called Swainson's thrush.
Swainson's thrush  
n.  See olive-backed thrush.

[After William Swainson (1789-1855), British naturalist.]
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