brown thrush n 1: common large songbird of eastern United States having reddish-brown plumage [syn: {brown thrasher}, {brown thrush}, {Toxostoma rufums}]
Brown thrush \Brown" thrush"\ (Zool.) A common American singing bird ({Harporhynchus rufus}), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called {brown thrasher}. [1913 Webster]