Blackbird

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

blackbird
    n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or
         predominantly black [syn: {New World blackbird},
         {blackbird}]
    2: common black European thrush [syn: {blackbird}, {merl},
       {merle}, {ouzel}, {ousel}, {European blackbird}, {Turdus
       merula}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.
   1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant,
      pejorative]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

   2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called
      also {Kanaka}. [Australia, pejorative]
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), v. i.
   to engage in the slave trade. [Colloq.]
   [PJC]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zool.)
   In England, a species of thrush ({Turdus merula}), a singing
   bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given
   to several birds, as the {Quiscalus versicolor}, or crow
   blackbird; the {Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus}, or red-winged
   blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See
   {Redwing}.
   [1913 Webster]

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