blackbird : Idioms & Phrases

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Crow blackbird

  • noun long-tailed American blackbird having iridescent black plumage
    grackle.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); called also purple grackle.
Webster 1913

european blackbird

  • noun common black European thrush
    ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; blackbird.
WordNet

new world blackbird

  • noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
    blackbird.
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Pied blackbird

  • (Zoöl.), any Asiatic thrush of the genus Turdulus.
Webster 1913

red-winged blackbird

  • noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
    Agelaius phoeniceus; redwing.
WordNet

Ring blackbird

  • noun European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
    ring ouzel; ring thrush; Turdus torquatus.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), the ring ousel.
Webster 1913

rusty blackbird

  • noun North American blackbird whose bluish-black plumage is rusty-edged in the fall
    rusty grackle; Euphagus carilonus.
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Skunk bird, Skunk blackbird

  • (Zoöl.), the bobolink; so called because the male, in the breeding season, is black and white, like a skunk.
Webster 1913

Swamp blackbird

  • . (Zoöl.) See Redwing (b).
Webster 1913

water blackbird

Wa"ter black"*bird
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) The European water ousel, or dipper.
Webster 1913