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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wa·ter ou·sel Wa·ter ou·zel . Zool. Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American water ousel (Cinclus Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.
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