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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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