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Definition of Song thrush
1. Noun. Common Old World thrush noted for its song.
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus
Definition of Song thrush
1. Noun. A songbird in the thrush family, found across Eurasia, taxonomic name ''Turdus philomelos''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Song Thrush
Literary usage of Song thrush
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"The Blackbird and the Song-Thrush The Blackbird's voice is remarkable for its
great strength and for the wonderful rich quality of its tone. ..."
2. A Concordance to the English Poems of Thomas Gray by Albert Stanburrough Cook, Concordance Society (1908)
"8. the song-thrush there Scatters his loose notes Birds 2. Scene. Her rapid wings
the transient scene pursue, Ign. 34. This spacious animated Scene survey ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"SONG-THRUSH, or MAVIS. In the United States the wood thrush is most conspicuous
for its song. The thrush of Great Britain is also ..."
4. A History of British Birds by William YARRELL, Howard Saunders, Alfred Newton (1874)
"THE SONG-THRUSH, Throstle or Mavis, is a well-known and general favourite, chiefly
from an opinion that it is the best of our larger singing-birds, ..."
5. Homes Without Hands: Being a Description of the Habitations of Animals by John George Wood (1866)
"... the Zoological Gardens— Materials and form of the nest—Boldness of the bird—The
song thrush and its nest—The BLACKBIRD and its clay-lined nests—Supposed ..."
6. The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information: Concerning Remarkable Men by William Hone (1832)
"The common song-thrush is somewhat less than the blackbird : the upper surface
of the body is of an olive color, with a mixture of yellow in the wings; ..."
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