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ring ouzel

ring ouzel noun: turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.

ring ouzel: turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white...
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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...
    • In recording my observations on the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), I have no expectation of writing anything original. But I think it possible that personal notes on this interesting bird may be acceptable to those ornithologists who are less familiar with it than I am.1900 January, W. Storrs Fox, “The Ring-Ouzel in Derbyshire.”, in The Zoologist^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Zoologist,_4th_series,_vol_4_(1900).djvu/25), volume 4, number 703, page 1f

Synonyms of ring ouzel

Forms of ring ouzel

pluralring ouzels

Questions about ring ouzel

What does ring ouzel mean?
Ring ouzel means turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.
What part of speech is ring ouzel?
Ring ouzel is a noun.
What is the plural of ring ouzel?
The plural of ring ouzel is ring ouzels.

Words near ring ouzel in the dictionary

  1. ring oscillators
  2. ring ousel
  3. ring ousels
  4. ring out
  5. ring outs
  6. ring ouzel
  7. ring ouzels
  8. ring play
  9. ring plays
  10. ring plover
  11. ring pull

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