blackbirdnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈblæk.bɜːd/us/ˈblæk.bɝːd/a European bird, the male of which has black feathers and a bright yellow beak
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Other wild birds
- bird of paradise
- blue tit
- bluebird
- bluejay
- bullfinch
- house martin
- house sparrow
- hummingbird
- Indian mynah
- jackass
- mockingbird
- mynah
- nightingale
- oriole
- ostrich
- starling
- swift
- toucan
- turtle dove
- warbler
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Examples from literature
- A blackbird in the garden of the Square was uttering a long, low, chuckling trill.
- I caught more worms, too, than any of the blackbirds.
- Only the blackbirds and thrushes can sing-up this day, and cuckoos over the hill.
- The whistling of a blackbird near my head woke me and I saw the sun was getting high.
- There are quantities of young blackbirds in these islands just beginning to fly.