Definition of Ring ouzel

1. Noun. European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck.

Exact synonyms: Ring Blackbird, Ring Thrush, Turdus Torquatus
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ring Ouzel

ring hollow
ring in
ring leader
ring lesions in brain
ring ligament
ring mail
ring of Soemmerring
ring of color
ring of iris
ring of steel
ring of truth
ring off
ring off the hook
ring one's bell
ring out
ring ouzel (current term)
ring pessary
ring precipitin test
ring pull
ring pulls
ring road
ring roads
ring rot
ring rot bacteria
ring rot fungus
ring round
ring scotoma
ring snake
ring someone's bell

Literary usage of Ring ouzel

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

1. 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, ..."

2. Illustrations of British Ornithology by Prideaux John Selby (1833)
"RING-OUZEL, MERULA TORQUATA. PI-ATE XLIV. Fio. 2. Turdus torquatus, Linn. Syst. ... Ring-Ouzel, Br. ZooL 1. No. 110. t. 46—Arct. ZooL 2. p. 344. H Will. ..."

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