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Definition of ouzel in English: ouzel(also ousel) noun ˈuːz(ə)lˈuzəl A bird that resembles the blackbird, especially the ring ouzel. See also water ouzel Example sentencesExamples - Usually early migrants, the first ouzel's song echoes round the hills and the first birds fall prey to merlins and peregrines.
- We had to climb a very steep hill to reach the realm of the ouzel, a black bird with a white ring around its neck that was sitting out on a bare limb of a tree.
Origin Old English ōsle 'blackbird', of Germanic origin; related to German Amsel 'blackbird'. Rhymes accusal, bamboozle, foozle, perusal, refusal Definition of ouzel in US English: ouzel(also ousel) nounˈo͞ozəlˈuzəl A bird that resembles the blackbird, especially the ring ouzel. See also water ouzel Example sentencesExamples - We had to climb a very steep hill to reach the realm of the ouzel, a black bird with a white ring around its neck that was sitting out on a bare limb of a tree.
- Usually early migrants, the first ouzel's song echoes round the hills and the first birds fall prey to merlins and peregrines.
Origin Old English ōsle ‘blackbird’, of Germanic origin; related to German Amsel ‘blackbird’. |