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MISSEL THRUSH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does missel thrush mean?
• MISSEL THRUSH (noun)
The noun MISSEL THRUSH has 1 sense:
1. large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
Familiarity information: MISSEL THRUSH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
missel thrush; mistle thrush; mistletoe thrush; Turdus viscivorus
Hypernyms ("missel thrush" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("missel thrush" is a member of...):
genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)
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