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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 off
  2. ring off the hook
  3. ring one's bell
  4. ring oscillator
  5. ring oscillators
  6. ring ousel
  7. ring ousels
  8. ring out
  9. ring outs
  10. ring ouzel
  11. ring ouzels

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