black·bird /ˈblækˌbɚ/
山鳥類
Black·bird n. Zool. In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
Black·bird, n.
1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant, pejorative]
2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called also Kanaka. [Australia, pejorative]
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blackbird
n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or
predominantly black [syn: New World blackbird]
2: common black European thrush [syn: merl, merle, ouzel,
ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula]