Definition of Turdus iliacus

1. Noun. Small European thrush having reddish flanks.

Exact synonyms: Redwing
Generic synonyms: Thrush
Group relationships: Genus Turdus, Turdus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turdus Iliacus

Turanians
Turbatrix
Turbatrix aceti
Turcism
Turcisms
Turck's bundle
Turck's column
Turck's degeneration
Turck's tract
Turco-
Turcoman
Turcomans
Turfan
Turfan dialect
Turgenev
Turgot
Turin
Turinese
Turing
Turing complete

Literary usage of Turdus iliacus

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

1. British Song Birds: Being Popular Descriptions and Anecdotes of the by Neville Wood (1836)
"... and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Parterre, Vol. III. p. 245.* SYNONYMS.—turdus iliacus ..."

2. A Dictionary of the Anglo-Saxon Language: Containing the Accentuation by Joseph Bosworth (1838)
"... a fieldfare; turdus iliacus I.in : Bret, ... is turdus iliacus] Л THROSTLE ; merula, piara, turdus, Cot. 130: Л. 38: Elf. gl. ..."

3. The Code of Nomenclature and Check-list of North American Birds Adopted by by American Ornithologists' Union (1886)
"turdus iliacus LINN. Red-winged Thrush. turdus iliacus LINN. SN ed. 10, I. 1758, 168. [B -, C -, R 6, C 4.] HAB. Northern parts of the Old World; ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Helms states that this is the first record of turdus iliacus from the east coast of Greenland, while there have been " a couple of mentions from the west ..."

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