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thrush1 /thrush/ noun- Any member of the Turdidae family of songbirds, esp those of the genus Turdus, particularly those species having a spotted breast, eg the song thrush (T. philomelos) and missel-thrush (T. viscivorus)
- Applied to other birds more or less similar, such as some of the babblers
ORIGIN: OE thrysce thrush2 /thrush/ noun- A disease, esp of children, causing fungous blisters in the mouth and throat
- A similar fungal disease affecting the vagina
- An inflammation in the frog of a horse's foot
ORIGIN: Cf Dan and Norw troske, Swed torsk thrush |