Turdus merula

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Turdus merula
    n 1: common black European thrush [syn: {blackbird}, {merl},
         {merle}, {ouzel}, {ousel}, {European blackbird}, {Turdus
         merula}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Ousel \Ou"sel\ ([oo^]"z'l), n. [OE. osel, AS. [=o]sle; akin to
   G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf.
   {Merle}, {Amsel}.] (Zool.)
   One of several species of European thrushes, especially the
   blackbird ({Merula merula}, or {Turdus merula}), and the
   mountain or ring ousel ({Turdus torquatus}). [Written also
   {ouzel}.]
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   {Rock ousel} (Zool.), the ring ousel.

   {Water ousel} (Zool.), the European dipper ({Cinclus
      aquaticus}), and the American dipper ({Cinclus
      Mexicanus}).
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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}.
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