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RING BLACKBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ring blackbird mean?
• RING BLACKBIRD (noun)
The noun RING BLACKBIRD has 1 sense:
1. European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
Familiarity information: RING BLACKBIRD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ring blackbird; ring ouzel; ring thrush; Turdus torquatus
Hypernyms ("ring blackbird" is a kind of...):
thrush (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)
Holonyms ("ring blackbird" is a member of...):
genus Turdus; Turdus (type genus of the Turdidae)
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