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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black bird.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]blackbird (plural blackbirds)
- A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
- (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Turdus merula): common blackbird; Eurasian blackbird; merle, merl; ouzel
- (Icteridae): icterid
Derived terms
[edit]terms derived from blackbird (noun)
- blackbirder
- blackbirding
- blackbirdlike
- Blackbird Leys
- skunk blackbird
- Michaelmas blackbird
- New World blackbird
- Bolivian blackbird (Agelaioides oreopsar)
- Agelaius
- Agelasticus
- scarlet-headed blackbird (Amblyramphus holosericeus)
- Chrysomus
- Curaeus
- Dives
- Euphagus
- Chopi blackbird (Gnorimopsar chopi)
- oriole blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Jamaican blackbird (Nesopsar nigerrimus)
- Sturnella
- yellow-headed blackbird (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus)
- saffron-cowled blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus)
- Old World blackbird
Translations
[edit]Turdus merula: blackbird
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bird of the family Icteridae
Verb
[edit]blackbird (third-person singular simple present blackbirds, present participle blackbirding, simple past and past participle blackbirded)
- To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
- 2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208:
- “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”
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