noun
type genus of the Turdidae
• Syn: ↑genus Turdus
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Turdidae, ↑family Turdidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑missel thrush, ↑mistle thrush, ↑mistletoe thrush, ↑Turdus viscivorus, ↑song thrush, ↑mavis, ↑throstle, ↑Turdus philomelos, ↑fieldfare, ↑snowbird, ↑Turdus pilaris, ↑redwing, ↑Turdus iliacus, ↑blackbird, ↑merl, ↑merle, ↑ouzel, ↑ousel, ↑European blackbird, ↑Turdus merula, ↑ring ouzel, ↑ring blackbird, ↑ring thrush, ↑Turdus torquatus, ↑robin, ↑American robin, ↑Turdus migratorius, ↑clay-colored robin, ↑Turdus greyi
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\\ˈtərdəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of thrushes that is the type of the family Turdidae and includes the European blackbird, the mistle thrush, fieldfare, ring ouzel, and the American robin
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Turdus /tûrˈdəs/
noun
The thrush genus
ORIGIN: L
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turˈdine /tûrˈdīn, -din/ adjective
Of, resembling or belonging to a thrush or the thrushes
turˈdoid adjective
Thrush-like
Useful english dictionary. 2012.