ouzel
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Related to ouzel: water ouzel, ring ouzel
ou·zel
also ou·sel (o͞o′zəl)[Middle English osel, from Old English ōsle.]
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ouzel
(ˈuːzəl) orousel
n
1. (Animals) the ring ouzel or water ouzel. See ring ouzel, dipper
2. (Animals) an archaic name for the (European) blackbird
[Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula merle1]
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Noun | 1. | ouzel - common black European thrush thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae |
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