mistle thrush

mis·tle thrush

also mis·sel thrush M0341900 (mĭs′əl)n. A thrush (Turdus viscivorus) of Eurasia and North Africa that feeds on berries, especially those of mistletoe.

[From obsolete missel, mistletoe, from Middle English mistel, from Old English; see mistletoe.]

mistle thrush

(ˈmɪsəl) or

missel thrush

n (Animals) a large European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, with a brown back and spotted breast, noted for feeding on mistletoe berries[C18: from Old English mistel mistletoe]

Thesaurus

Noun

mistle thrush - large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berriesmissel thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorusthrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breastgenus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae

Translations

mistle thrush

, missel thrush a large European thrush, Turdus viscivorus, with a brown back and spotted breast, noted for feeding on mistletoe berries

Mistle Thrush

(Turdus viscivorus ), a bird of the family Turdidae Of the order Passeriformes. It is the largest of the European thrushes, with a body measuring up to 30 cm long. The back is grayish brown, and the underpart is light with dark spots. The bird inhabits the pine forests (in the north) and deciduous forests of Europe and Asia, as far east as the Sayan Mountains and as far south as the Himalayas. It nests in trees and lays a clutch of four-five greenish eggs. The mistle thrush feeds on invertebrates as well as berries (of the mountain ash, mistletoe), the seeds of which it distributes because they are not digested. In the years of abundant mountain ash harvest, the mistle thrush sometimes winters in the north.

mistle thrush

Related to mistle thrush: song thrush

noun

Synonyms for mistle thrush

noun large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries

Synonyms

missel thrush
mistletoe thrush
Turdus viscivorus

Related Words

thrush
genus Turdus
Turdus

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