blackbird

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English

A blackbird (Turdus merula)

Etymology

From black +‎ bird.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈblakbəːd/
• (US) IPA: /ˈblækbəɹd/

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Noun

blackbird (plural blackbirds)

1. A common thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
2. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae.

Derived terms

• blackbirder
• blackbirding
• red-winged blackbird

Translations

common thrush, Turdus merula

Albanian: mëllënja Armenian: սև կեռնեխ (hy) (sev keṙnex) Asturian: ñerbatu (ast) m. Basque: zozo Belarusian: дрозд (be) Breton: moualc’h zu Bulgarian: кос (kos) Catalan: merla, tord negre Chechen: Iаьржа хьоза Chinese: Mandarin: 山鳥 (cmn), 山鸟 (cmn) (shānniǎo), 烏鶇 (cmn), 乌鸫 (cmn) (wūdōng) Croatian: kos (hr) Czech: kos (cs) Danish: solsort (da) c. Dutch: merel (nl) m. Esperanto: merlo (eo) Estonian: musträstas (et) Faroese: kvørkveggja (fo) Finnish: mustarastas (fi) French: merle (fr) m. Friulian: mierli Galician: merlo Georgian: შაშვი (ka) (šašvi) German: Amsel (de) f. Greek: κόσσυφος (el) (kóssyfos) m., κοτσύφι (el) (kotsýfi) n. Hungarian: feketerigó (hu) Icelandic: svartþröstur (is) Irish: lon dobh Italian: merlo (it) m. Ladin: merlo

Latin: Turdus merula Latvian: melnais meža strazds Lithuanian: juodasis strazdas Lower Sorbian: kos Luxembourgish: Märel (lb) f. Macedonian: кос (kos) Maltese: malvizz iswed Norwegian: svarttrost (no) Occitan: mèrle Old English: ōsle (ang) f. Polish: kos Portuguese: melro (pt) Romanian: mierla-neagră (ro) f. Romansch: merlotscha (rm) f. Russian: чёрный дрозд (ru) (čórnyj drozd) m. Sami: čáhppesrásttis Sardinian: picchiaranzu, mérula, meurra Scots: blackie Scottish Gaelic: lon dubh Serbian: кос (kos) Slovak: drozd (sk) Slovene: kos (sl) Spanish: mirlo (es) m. Swedish: koltrast (sv) Turkish: karatavuk (tr) Ukrainian: дрізд (drizd) Upper Sorbian: kós Volapük: (male or female) merul (vo), (male) himerul (vo), (female) jimerul (vo), (offspring, young) merulül (vo) Welsh: mwyalchen, aderyn du (cy) m. West Frisian: swarte lyster

bird of the family Icteridae

Finnish: turpiaali (fi)

Spanish: turpial m., soldadito m.

See also

• ouzel