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ring ouzels

ring ouzels is the plural 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...

Questions about ring ouzels

What is ring ouzels the plural of?
Ring ouzels is the plural of ring ouzel.

Words near ring ouzels in the dictionary

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

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