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Thrush

Thrush Meaning & Definition
Thrush Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Thrush?

[n] songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
[n] (informal) a woman who sings popular songs
[n] candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

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See Also | American robin | blackbird | bluebird | bluethroat | candidiasis | chat | clay-colored robin | Erithacus rubecola | Erithacus svecicus | European blackbird | family Turdidae | fieldfare | hermit thrush | Hylocichla fuscescens | Hylocichla guttata | Hylocichla mustelina | Luscinia luscinia | Luscinia megarhynchos | mavis | merl | merle | missel thrush | mistle thrush | mistletoe thrush | monilia disease | moniliasis | nightingale | Old World chat | Old World robin | oscine | oscine bird | ousel | ouzel | redbreast | redstart | redtail | redwing | ring blackbird | ring ouzel | ring thrush | robin | robin redbreast | singer | snowbird | solitaire | song thrush | throstle | thrush nightingale | Turdidae | Turdus grayi | Turdus iliacus | Turdus merula | Turdus migratorius | Turdus philomelos | Turdus pilaris | Turdus torquatus | Turdus viscivorus | veery | vocaliser | vocalist | vocalizer | wheatear | Wilson's thrush | wood thrush

Thrush In Webster's Dictionary

\Thrush\, n. [OE. [thorn]rusche, AS. [thorn]rysce; akin to OHG. drosca, droscea, droscela, and E. throstle. Cf. {Throstle}.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to {Turdus} and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs. Note: Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle ({Turdus musicus}), the missel thrush (see under {Missel}), the European redwing, and the blackbird. The most important American species are the wood thrush ({Turdus mustelinus}), Wilson's thrush ({T. fuscescens}), the hermit thrush (see under {Hermit}), Swainson's thrush ({T. Alici[ae]}), and the migratory thrush, or American robin (see {Robin}). 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See {Brown thrush}. {Ant thrush}. See {Ant thrush}, {Breve}, and {Pitta}. {Babbling thrush}, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- called also {babbler}. {Fruit thrush}, any species of bulbul. {Shrike thrush}. See under {Shrike}. {Stone thrush}, the missel thrush; -- said to be so called from its marbled breast. {Thrush nightingale}. See {Nightingale}, 2. {Thrush tit}, any one of several species of Asiatic singing birds of the genus {Cochoa}. They are beautifully colored birds allied to the tits, but resembling thrushes in size and habits. {Water thrush}. (a) The European dipper. (b) An American warbler ({Seiurus Noveboracensis}).
\Thrush\, n. [Akin to Dan. tr["o]ske, Sw. trosk; cf. Dan. t["o]r dry, Sw. torr, Icel. [thorn]urr, AS. [thorn]yrr, OE. thrust thrist, E. thrist.] 1. (Med.) An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphth[ae]. See {Aphth[ae]}. 2. (Far.) An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

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