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Definition of Missel thrush
1. Noun. Large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Missel Thrush
Literary usage of Missel thrush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White (1868)
"... but once I observed in my garden that several mag. pies came determined to
storm the nest of a missel- thrush ; the dams defended their mansion with ..."
2. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"A thrush; properly the missel-thrush, but often used with latitude for any of
the genus. ... misselthrush ..."
3. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"... missel-thrush, mistle-thrush Der. omiss-ion, ! So called from feeding on the
berries from F. omission, ' an omission,' from L. ace. ..."
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