单词	blackbird
释义	blackbird /ˈblakbəːd / noun 1An Old World thrush with mainly black plumage. Genus Turdus, family Turdidae: four species, in particular T. merula, the male of which has all-black plumage and a yellow bill. If no berries remain, having been stripped earlier by blackbirds and mistle thrushes, they perish.... The thicker scrub and thickets of elder, hawthorn and bramble, meanwhile, provide ideal cover for nesting robins, wrens, sparrows, dunnocks, blackbirds and thrushes. The ubiquitous starling is one of the most widespread problem species but blackbirds, partridges, robins, sparrows, thrushes, and finches are also common. 2 (also American blackbird) A New World songbird with a strong pointed bill. The male has black plumage that is iridescent or has patches of red or yellow. Family Icteridae (the American blackbird family): several genera and species, including the abundant red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). Unlike dowdy, brown females of the species, male blackbirds possess bright yellow-to-orange beaks and shiny black plumage.... I pulled over at Schaar's Bluff, turned off my car and just sat and listened, beyond the bluebirds and meadowlarks you could hear tree sparrows and red-winged blackbirds. I went down towards the creek and found a huge flock of robins, grackles and red-winged blackbirds foraging. 3 historical A black or Polynesian captive on a slave ship.Eli Jennings, Sr. was also instrumental in helping Peruvian "blackbird" slave ships depopulate the other three Tokelau atolls
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