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thrush¹ Definition

thrush (t̸hrus̸h)

noun

  1. any of a large family (Turdidae) of passerine birds, including the robin, wood thrush, and hermit thrush of North America and the song thrush and blackbird of Europe
  2. Slang a woman singer of popular songs

Etymology: ME thrusch < OE thrysce < IE *trozdos-, thrush

thrush² Definition

thrush (t̸hrus̸h)

noun

  1. a disease, esp. of infants, caused by a fungus (genus Candida) and characterized by the formation of milky-white lesions on the mouth, lips, and throat
  2. a disease of the frog of a horse's foot, characterized by the formation of pus

Etymology: < ON *thruskr (> Dan trøske, Swed torsk

thrush Synonyms

thrush

n.

Thrushes include: robin, wood, hermit, dwarf hermit, olive-backed, russet-backed, willow, Wilson's, brown;

thrush Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • whistle: Spent 1 ½ hours at the pool but still no sign of the whistling thrush.
  • winter: The surrounding fields often hold large numbers of wintering thrushes.
  • cause: My asthma medication is causing thrush in my mouth Last update: 15 February 2005 QUESTION I take medication for asthma.
  • see: We saw a darker thrush partly hidden in tall grass which hopped out of view.
  • include: Other birds, including song thrushes, have already started laying eggs.
  • have: You may have thrush, chlamydia or herpes, which may not show in your sample.

Adjective modifier

  • mistle: I see a mistle thrush perching on a wall across the river, a species that I now realize we never saw in Mallorca.
  • austral: On the trail up to the lookout we saw a couple of Austral Thrushes.
  • vaginal: In women, recurrent vaginal thrush may be a symptom of diabetes.
  • recurrent: In women, recurrent vaginal thrush may be a symptom of diabetes.
  • oral: Your guinea's mouth may then become infected with oral thrush.
  • migrant: Woodpigeons, starlings, resident and migrant thrushes and newly arrived summer migrants such as blackcaps feed on them.

Modifies a noun

  • infection: Thrush infections usually appear in the mouth ( oral thrush ) or genitals.
  • pool: Sri Lanka Bush Warbler Only seen at the whistling thrush pool on Horton Plains mornings of 26th and 27th Sept 145.
  • family: Members of the thrush family are well-known for their fondness for berries.
  • specie: In some years, irruptions of other thrush species occur, perhaps with the onset of unusually cool weather in southwest China.

Noun used with modifier

  • mistle: The mistle thrush will sing sometimes in spells of at least 3 hours.
  • song: Others, like the song thrush, migrate to warmer areas.
  • winter: This year seems to be a bumper crop of the bright orange berries, which will be food for some of our winter thrushes.
  • rock: Two hundred meters down hill from the bus station was a singing male blue rock thrush which was very obliging.

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