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thrush
I. \ˈthrəsh\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English thrusche, thrusch, from Old English thrysce; akin to Old English throstle thrush, Old Saxon throsla, Old High German droscala, Old Norse thröstr, Latin turdus, Russian drozd
1. : any of numerous small or medium sized passerine birds that constitute the widely distributed family Turdidae, include many excellent singers, are mostly of a plain color although many have spotted underparts and the young have the entire plumage spotted, have 10 primaries of which the first is spurious and booted tarsi, and feed especially on worms and insect larvae or on fruits — see blackbird, fieldfare, gray-cheeked thrush, hermit thrush, mistle thrush, olive-backed thrush, redwing, robin, song thrush, varied thrush, veery, wood thrush; bill illustration
2. : any of numerous birds of families other than Turdidae that are felt to resemble the true thrushes — usually used with qualifier; see shrike thrush, water thrush
3. : canary 4
4. or thrush brown : a grayish to moderate yellowish brown — called also shagbark
II. noun
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Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Norwegian trøske thrush, Swedish torsk, Swedish dialect trosk thrush; probably akin to Swedish dialect trosk growth, Norwegian dialect trausk, trosk
1.
a. : a mycotic disease of the upper digestive tract characterized by the formation of white plaques within the oral cavity often coalescing in a false membrane, occurring especially in delibitated children and adults and in birds, and caused by infection with a fungus (Candida albicans)
b. : any of several oral disorders (as sore mouth of sheep) more or less resembling this mycotic disease
2. : an inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in various animals; specifically : a purulent degenerative state of the frog in the horse |