from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A thrush (Turdus iliacus) of Eurasia and North Africa having reddish feathers under the wings and a white eye stripe.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun In South Africa, one of the francolins, Francolinus Coaillanti, a game-bird somewhat resembling the quail.
noun The red-winged thrush of Europe, Turdus iliacus.
noun The red-winged marsh-blackbird of America, A Agelæux phœniceus. See Agelæus and blackbird.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun (Zoöl.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phœniceus) of the family Icteridæ. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun A small thrush, Turdusiliacus, native to Eurasia, with a white eye stripe and red under-wing feathers.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun small European thrush having reddish flanks
noun North American blackbird with scarlet patches on the wings
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The redwing is the first bird to come north for the spring.
On the phone, while my sister is reading in bed, I sit in the kitchen of our B&B and tell William about the live oaks, the dogwoods in bloom, and the redwing blackbird I spotted on our second day.
Look, the marsh marigolds we treasured have disappeared this spring gobbled by deer, overrun by reed canary grass but still the redwing blackbird sings.
Look, the marsh marigolds we treasured have disappeared this spring gobbled by deer, overrun by reed canary grass but still the redwing blackbird sings.
On the phone, while my sister is reading in bed, I sit in the kitchen of our B&B and tell William about the live oaks, the dogwoods in bloom, and the redwing blackbird I spotted on our second day.
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