blackbird
UK/ˈblakbəːd//ˈblækˌbɚd/
blackbird noun: a common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
Noun
blackbird (plural blackbirds)
- A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- Synonyms:
- common blackbird, Eurasian blackbird, merle, merl, ouzel
- A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
- Synonyms:
- icterid
- A native of the South Pacific islands.
Verb
blackbird (third-person singular simple present blackbirds, present participle blackbirding, simple past and past participle blackbirded)
- To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
- “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal, The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi, →ISBN, page 208
blackbird meaning in Hindi, Malayalam, Arabic and Vietnamese
blackbird in Hindi
- the blackbird , more specifically the Indian blackbird
- कस्तूरी kastūrī
blackbird in Malayalam
- കരിംകിളി
blackbird in Arabic
- Turdus merula: blackbird
- شُحْرُور šuḥrūr
blackbird in Vietnamese
- Turdus merula: blackbird
- hạch thước điẻu
Examples of blackbird in a sentence
- It differs from the common blackbird in the size of its beak.
- First a solitary blackbird started up, and soon the whole forest was alive with birdsong.
- First a solitary blackbird started up, but soon the whole forest was alive with birdsong.
Synonyms of blackbird
Forms of blackbird
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | blackbirds |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | blackbirds |
| present participle | blackbirding |
| past participle | blackbirded |
| past | blackbirded |
Origin of blackbird
From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.
Words formed from blackbird
- austral blackbird
- blackbirder
- blackbirding
- Blackbird Leys
- blackbirdlike
- Bolivian blackbird
- Brewer's blackbird
- Brewer blackbird
- chestnut-capped blackbird
- Chopi blackbird
- Cuban blackbird
- Forbes's blackbird
- grey-winged blackbird
- Indian blackbird
- Jamaican blackbird
- melodious blackbird
- Michaelmas blackbird
- moor blackbird
- New World blackbird
- Old World blackbird
- oriole blackbird
- pale-eyed blackbird
- red-breasted blackbird
- red-shouldered blackbird
- red-winged blackbird
- rusty blackbird
- saffron-cowled blackbird
- scarlet-headed blackbird
- scrub blackbird
- skunk blackbird
- tawny-shouldered blackbird
- Tibetan blackbird
- tricolored blackbird
- unicolored blackbird
- white-browed blackbird
- white-collared blackbird
- yellow-headed blackbird
- yellow-hooded blackbird
- yellow-shouldered blackbird
- yellow-winged blackbird
Phrases with blackbird
Questions about blackbird
- What does blackbird mean?
- Blackbird means a common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
- What is blackbird in Hindi?
- Blackbird in Hindi is कस्तूरी (kastūrī). See Blackbird meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is blackbird?
- Blackbird can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce blackbird?
- Blackbird is pronounced /ˈblakbəːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of blackbird?
- The plural of blackbird is blackbirds.
Words near blackbird in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: blackbird (page history and authors); कस्तूरी (Hindi) (page history and authors); blackbird (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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