Ou·sel n. Zool. One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.]
Rock ousel Zool., the ring ousel.
Water ousel Zool., the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (Cinclus Mexicanus).
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Black·bird n. Zool. In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agelæus phœniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.
Turdus merula
n : common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle,
ouzel, ousel, European blackbird]