rusty blackbird
noun
A North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus (family Icteridae), breeding in Canada and Alaska and having largely grey-black plumage which is extensively tipped with brown in winter.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nuttall (1786–1859), botanist.
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