Merl is the Scottish name for the common blackbird.
(noun)An example of merl is an all black bird with a yellow beak and yellow eye rings.
See merl in Webster's New World College Dictionary
or merle
noun
Origin: ME merle < OFr < LL merulus < L merula, prob. < IE base *(a)mes- > OE osle, Ger amsel
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