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Definition of Blackbird

1. Noun. Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black.

Definition of Blackbird

1. n. 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.

2. n. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian.

Definition of Blackbird

1. Noun. A (common) true thrush, ''Turdus merula'', found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere. ¹

2. Noun. A variety of New World birds of the family '''Icteridae''' (26 species of icterid bird). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Blackbird

1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Blackbird

1. 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 versicolour, or crow blackbird; the Agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackbird

Literary usage of Blackbird

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

1. Contemporary French Novelists: And Other Tales from India by William Henry Denham Rouse, William Crooke, William Heath Robinson, René Doumic, Mary D. Frost (1922)
"The blackbird used to sing very sweetly, and one day the King heard him in passing by, ... But the Fowler made a mistake; he did not catch Mr. blackbird, ..."

2. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"Half-way to sunset with a drowsy note The grandam nods—and still the blackbird sings. Far shouts and laughter from the farmstead peal, Where the great stack ..."

3. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Above all, the song of the blackbird haunts him; reviving in his old-man's heart all that was sweetest in the youth and joyous springtime of the ..."

4. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"0 blackbird sing me something well: While all the neighbours shoot thee round, ... Yet the blackbird will bear comparison with the Nightingale; ..."

5. The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall by John Marshall, Joseph Potter Cotton (1905)
"The blackbird Creek Marsh Company. NOTE. THE declaration filed by the plaintiffs in this case set out that The blackbird Creek Marsh Company owned land on ..."

6. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"Ben King: De blackbird fetched de Spring. Ben King: The blackbird and the Thrush. A playful reference to the alarm-song of the blackbird: Sed ..."

7. Contemporary French Novelists: And Other Tales from India by William Henry Denham Rouse, William Crooke, William Heath Robinson, René Doumic, Mary D. Frost (1922)
"The blackbird used to sing very sweetly, and one day the King heard him in passing by, ... But the Fowler made a mistake; he did not catch Mr. blackbird, ..."

8. Songs of Three Centuries by John Greenleaf Whittier (1890)
"Half-way to sunset with a drowsy note The grandam nods—and still the blackbird sings. Far shouts and laughter from the farmstead peal, Where the great stack ..."

9. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Edward Cornelius Towne (1897)
"Above all, the song of the blackbird haunts him; reviving in his old-man's heart all that was sweetest in the youth and joyous springtime of the ..."

10. The Birds of Jamaica: Being a History of the Bird, Its Structure, and Habits by Philip Henry Gosse, Alfred Edmund Brehm, Richard Hill (1874)
"0 blackbird sing me something well: While all the neighbours shoot thee round, ... Yet the blackbird will bear comparison with the Nightingale; ..."

11. The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall by John Marshall, Joseph Potter Cotton (1905)
"The blackbird Creek Marsh Company. NOTE. THE declaration filed by the plaintiffs in this case set out that The blackbird Creek Marsh Company owned land on ..."

12. The Birds of the Latin Poets by Ernest Whitney Martin (1914)
"Ben King: De blackbird fetched de Spring. Ben King: The blackbird and the Thrush. A playful reference to the alarm-song of the blackbird: Sed ..."

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