different between ouzel vs blackbird

English

Alternative forms

• ousel, oozel

Etymology

From Middle English osel, from Old English ?sle, from Proto-Germanic *amsl?. Cognate with German Amsel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?zl?/
• Rhymes: -u?z?l

Noun

ouzel (plural ouzels)

1. (now regional) The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
2. (chiefly Canada, US) The water ouzel, an aquatic perching bird, Cinclus mexicanus.

Synonyms

• (water ouzel): dipper

Derived terms

• ring ouzel (Turdus torquatus)

Translations

References

• Turdus merula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Cinclus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Etymology

From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black +? bird.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?blakb??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?blæk?b?d/

Noun

blackbird (plural blackbirds)

1. A common true 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 (26 species of icterid bird).
3. (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.

Synonyms

• (Turdus merula): common blackbird; Eurasian blackbird; merle, merl; ouzel
• (Icteridae): icterid

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

blackbird (third-person singular simple present blackbirds, present participle blackbirding, simple past and past participle blackbirded)

1. To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
   • 2005, Wal F. Bird, Me No Go Mally Bulla: Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863–1906, published by Ginninderra Press, ?ISBN, ?ISBN
   • 2000, Kate Fortune and Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, published by University of Hawai?i, p. 208, ?ISBN

     “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”

Coordinate terms

• ictericus
• merula
• merulus

Further reading

• blackbird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Icterid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia