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Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush. Ant thrush. See Ant thrush, Breve, and Pitta. -- Babbling thrush, any one of numerous species of Asiatic timaline birds; -- c…

The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

The song thrush. [Prov. Eng.]

species of tropical birds, of the Old World, of the genus Pitta, somewhat resembling the thrushes, and feeding chiefly on ants.

A common American singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).

heir sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

The disease, also called thrush.

uth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.

Of the nature of aphthæ; resembling thrush.

A name given to any one of family (Timalinæ) of thrushlike birds, having a chattering note.

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 phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

[Eng. Slang] Carlyle. -- Blue spar (Min.), azure spar; lazulite. See Lazulite. -- Blue thrush (Zoöl.), a European and Asiatic thrush (Petrocossyphus cyaneas). -- Blue verditer. See Verditer. -- Blue vitriol (Chem.), sulphate of copper, a violet blue crystallized salt, used in electric batteries, calico printing, e…

The great ant thrush of Sumatra (Pitta gigas), which has a very short tail.

.), the serval. See Serval. -- Bush chat (Zoöl.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Bush dog. (Zoöl.) See Potto. -- Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary. -- Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow. -- Bush hog (Zoöl.), a South African wild hog (Potamochoerus Africanus); -- called also…

horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.

The missel thrush.

a small thrush (Turdus pilaris) which breeds in northern Europe and winters in Great Britain. The head, nape, and lower part of the back are ash-colored; the upper part of the back and wing coverts, chestnut; -- called also fellfare.

Like or pertaining to the family Formicaridæ or ant thrushes.

A discharge of a fetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; -- also caled thrush.