Plural of blackbird

regular plural

The plural of blackbird is blackbirds.

Forms of blackbird

Blackbirds are spinking, a charmless sound, done by rote.2016, John Lewis-Stempel, “The Turn of the Earth” (chapter VI), in The Running Hare: The Secret Life of Farmland, Doubleday, page 277. From the entry spink
He's older and more discreet— like the shrewd brace of blackbirds that waits for ricecrackers to drop from the tea pavilion.1991, Charles Atkinson, The only cure I know, page 44. From the entry ricecracker
Rounding up the animals in the misty paddocks, with the blackbirds singing as the morning whitened, he felt hilarious, light-headed.1944, Douglas Stewart, A Girl with Red Hair, and Other Stories, page 60. From the entry hilarious
I heard bitterns boom across the marshes and listened to blackbirds sing; I watched Aztec broccoli sprout and the sun rise over the sea.2016, Lucy Neal, Playing for Time, London: Oberon Books, →ISBN. From the entry Aztec broccoli
Orioles, along with grackles, blackbirds, meadowlarks, and oropendolas, belong to a family called the Icteridae, which are found only in the New World.1988 February 26, Jerry Sullivan, “Field & Street”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry oropendola

noun A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
noun A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
noun A native of the South Pacific islands.

What is the plural of blackbird?: The plural of blackbird is blackbirds.
Is blackbird countable?: Blackbird is a countable noun.

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