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Definition of European blackbird
1. Noun. Common black European thrush.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Lexicographical Neighbors of European Blackbird
Literary usage of European blackbird
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of Jamaica by Philip Henry Gosse, Richard Hill (1847)
"Though it was less varied than the song of the European blackbird, it was very
much like its tones when it is heard over distant fields in a summer's ..."
2. The Standard Dictionary of Facts: History, Language, Literature, Biography edited by Henry Woldmar Ruoff (1909)
"The blackbirds or crow-blackbirds of America are quite different from the European
blackbird, and are more nearly allied to t he- starlings and crows. ..."
3. The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Common Things by John Denison Champlin (1884)
"They build their nests in trees and lay four to six bluish-white eggs, with brown
and black streaks. The European blackbird belongs to the thrush family. ..."
4. The Birds of America by John James] [Audubon (1841)
"So much do certain notes of the Robin resemble those of the European blackbird,
that frequently while in England the cry of the latter, as it flew hurriedly ..."
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