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ring-ousel

ring-ousel is the alternative form of ring ouzel.

Meaning of ring ouzel

Noun

ring ouzel (plural ring ouzels)

  1. Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.
    • Some birds seem to belong to all scenery alike; others love only the waste common land, the stream, or the sea-shore; while a third division, οἱ εκλετόι (the elect), are only to be found in one or two favoured counties in the whole of England. Of these last are the Ring-Ouzels.1899 September, C. Trollope, “The Haunt of the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus)”, in The Zoologist^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Zoologist,_4th_series,_vol_3_(1899).djvu/433), volume 3, page...

Forms of ring-ousel

pluralring-ousels

Questions about ring-ousel

What is ring-ousel the alternative form of?
Ring-ousel is the alternative form of ring ouzel.

Words near ring-ousel in the dictionary

  1. ring-necked parakeets
  2. ring-necked pheasant
  3. ring-necked pheasants
  4. ring-oath
  5. ring-oaths
  6. ring-ousel
  7. ring-piece
  8. ring-pieces
  9. ring-pull
  10. ring-pulls
  11. ring-segment illusion

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ring-ousel (page history and authors); ring ouzel (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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