thrush
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹʌʃ/
rhymes: -ʌʃ
Forms: form: thrushes
Etymology: From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”).
Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).
Senses: examples: text: I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
glosses: Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
glosses: A female singer.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Neocossyphus spp.
word: ant thrush
word: babbling thrush
word: Bicknell's thrush
word: black-throated thrush
word: blue rock thrush
taxonomic: Toxostoma rufum
word: brown thrush
word: clay-colored thrush
word: common rock thrush
word: dusky thrush
word: eyebrowed thrush
taxonomic: Turdus fuscater
word: great thrush
taxonomic: Pittidae spp.
word: ground thrush
taxonomic: Catharus guttatus
word: hermit thrush
taxonomic: Leiothrichidae spp.
word: jay thrush
taxonomic: Turdus libonyanus
word: Kurrichane thrush
word: laughingthrush (Leiothrichidae(
taxonomic: Turdus migratorius
word: migratory thrush
word: mimic thrush
taxonomic: Turdus viscivorus
word: missel thrush
taxonomic: Turdus viscivorus
word: mistle thrush
taxonomic: Turdus viscivorus
word: mistletoe thrush
alt: Harporhynchus rufus
word: mocking thrush
taxonomic: Turdus plebejus
word: mountain thrush
taxonomic: Pachycephala olivacea
word: native thrush
taxonomic: Turdus naumanni
word: Naumann's thrush
word: nightingale-thrush
taxonomic: Hylocichla ustulata
word: olive-backed thrush
taxonomic: Turdus pallidus
word: pale thrush
word: quail-thrush
word: red-throated thrush
word: reed thrush
taxonomic: Turdus torquatus
word: ring thrush
taxonomic: Monticola saxatilis
word: rock thrush
word: rufous-tailed rock thrush
word: running thrush
word: russet-backed thrush
word: scaly thrush
taxonomic: Turdus viscivorus
word: screech thrush
word: shrikethrush
word: Siberian thrush
taxonomic: Turdus philomelos
word: song thrush
taxonomic: Turdus viscivorus
word: squawking thrush
word: Swainson's thrush
taxonomic: Catharus fuscescens
word: tawny thrush
taxonomic: Luscinia luscinia
word: thrush nightingale
word: thrush-tanager
taxonomic: Suthora spp. etc.
word: tit thrush
taxonomic: Turdus spp.
word: true thrush
taxonomic: Ixoreus naevius
word: varied thrush
word: water thrush
taxonomic: Parkesia spp.
word: waterthrush
taxonomic: Myophonus spp.
word: whistling thrush
taxonomic: Zoothera aurea
word: White's thrush
taxonomic: Catharus fuscescens
word: willow thrush
taxonomic: Catharus fuscescens
word: Wilson's thrush
taxonomic: Hylocichla mustelina
word: wood thrush
taxonomic: Zeledonia coronata
word: wrenthrush