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English[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).
Noun[edit]
thrush (plural thrushes)
- Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
- I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
- (US, colloquial) A female singer.
Derived terms[edit]
- pale thrush (Turdus pallidus)
- song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
- true thrush (Turdus spp.)
- great thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- wrenthrush (Zeledonia coronata)
- ant thrush (Neocossyphus spp.)
- missel thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus).
- mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- water thrush (Parkesia spp.)
- Wilson's thrush (Catharus fuscescens)
- brown thrush (Toxostoma rufum)
- mistletoe thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- mocking thrush (Harporhynchus rufus)
- ring thrush (Turdus torquatus)
- rock thrush (Monticola saxatilis)
- varied thrush (Ixoreus naevius)
- migratory thrush (Turdus migratorius)
- mountain thrush (Turdus plebejus)
- shrike thrush
- whistling thrush (Myophonus spp.)
- babbling thrush
- ground thrush (Pittidae spp.)
- jay thrush (Leiothrichidae spp.)
- native thrush (Pachycephala olivacea)
- olive-backed thrush (Hylocichla ustulata)
- screech thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- tawny thrush (Catharus fuscescens)
- squawking thrush (Turdus viscivorus)
- tit thrush (Suthora spp. etc.)
- waterthrush (Parkesia spp.)
- willow thrush (Catharus fuscescens)
Translations[edit]
one of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae
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woman who sings popular songs
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Etymology 2[edit]
Uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.
Noun[edit]
thrush (plural thrushes)
- A fungal infection caused by Candida, now especially of the vagina; candidiasis.
Synonyms[edit]
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Translations[edit]
fungal infection — see also candidiasis
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “*thrush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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