veeryn.
/ˈvɪəri/ U.S.
A North American thrush ( Hylocichla fuscescens), also called tawny and Wilson's thrush.
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1838 H. D. Thoreau Jrnl. in Writings (1906) I. ii. 70 Sometimes I hear the veery's silver clarion.
1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. i. 187 The place flows with birds,..deep in the forest [are] olive-backs, veeries, oven-birds.
1860 J. G. Whittier My Playmate xv There in spring the veeries sing The song of long ago.
1883 Cent. Mag. Sept. 685/1 Our thrushes are all frank, open-mannered birds; but the veery and the hermit build upon the ground.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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