Definition of Ouzel

1. Noun. Common black European thrush.

Exact synonyms: Blackbird, European Blackbird, Merl, Merle, Ousel, Turdus Merula
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus

Definition of Ouzel

1. n. Same as Ousel.

Definition of Ouzel

1. Noun. (context: now regional) The (European) blackbird, ''Turdus merula''. ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly North America) An aquatic perching bird of the genus ''Cinclus''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ouzel

1. a European bird [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ouzel

1. Same as Ousel. "The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm." (Tennyson) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ouzel

outyielding
outyields
outzany
ouvarovite
ouvert
ouverte
ouvrage
ouvrages
ouvrier
ouvriere
ouvrieres
ouvrierism
ouvrierist
ouvriers
ouze
ouzel (current term)
ouzels
ouzo
ouzos
ova
oval
oval amputation
oval area of Flechsig
oval corpuscle
oval fasciculus
oval kumquat
oval window
ovalbumen
ovalbumin
ovalbumins

Literary usage of Ouzel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mountains of California by John Muir (1907)
"Find a fall, or cascade, or rushing rapid, anywhere upon a clear stream, and there you will surely find its complementary ouzel, flitting about in the spray ..."

2. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1875)
"The ouzel is said also to devour the spawn and fry of fishes, and on this account, though probably without reason, is very generally persecuted by anglers ..."

3. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1861)
"The ouzel is said also to devour the spawn and fry of fishes, and on this account, ... The name of ring ouzel is given to the European thrush ..."

4. Illustrations of Irish History and Topography, Mainly of the Seventeenth by Caesar Litton Falkiner, Fynes Moryson, Josias Bodley, Luke Gernon, William Brereton, Albert Jouvin (1904)
"Proceeding in her eastern course down the Mediterranean, the ' ouzel' had ... But by some fortunate chance the crew of the ' ouzel' were enabled to turn the ..."

5. Monthly Chronicle of North-country Lore and Legend (1888)
"CAVING its habitat on the uplands, moorlands, and fells, the ring ouzel (Turdus ... The ring ouzel, which has a wide range from Syria and Northern Africa, ..."

6. Brooks's Readers by Stratton Duluth Brooks (1907)
"THE WATER ouzel THE waterfalls of the sierra are frequented by only one bird, — the ouzel, or water thrush. He is a singularly joyous and lovable little ..."

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