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Wood thrush   /wʊd θrəʃ/   Listen
Wood thrush

noun
1.
Large thrush common in eastern American woodlands; noted for its melodious song.  Synonym: Hylocichla mustelina.






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"Wood thrush" Quotes from Famous Books



... life of the sunshine came stealing nestwards and denwards in the peace of a long day and a full stomach; the night life began to stir in its coverts, eager, hungry, whining. Deep in the wild raspberry thickets a wood thrush rang his vesper bell softly; from the mountain top a night hawk screamed back an answer, and came booming down to earth, where the insects were rising in myriads. Near the thrush a striped chipmunk sat chunk-a-chunking his sleepy curiosity at a burned log which a bear had ...
— Wilderness Ways • William J Long



Words linked to "Wood thrush" :   Hylocichla mustelina, thrush



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