ring ouzel
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ring ouzel
▶noun an upland bird resembling a blackbird, with a white crescent across the breast. [Turdus torquatus.]
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ouzel /ˈuːz(ə)l/ (also ousel)
▶noun used in names of birds resembling the blackbird, e.g. ring ouzel.
– origin OE ōsle ‘blackbird’, of Gmc origin.
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