blackbird

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
  2. noun common black European thrush

Etymology

From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.

In classic literature

Synonyms

New World blackbird

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