Definition of crissal thrasher in English:
crissal thrasher
nounˈkrɪs(ə)lˈkrisəl ˌTHraSHər
A large grey thrasher (songbird) with a red patch under the tail, found in the south-western US and Mexico.
Toxostoma dorsale or 'crissale', family Mimidae
Example sentencesExamples
- You needn't go as far as the state park and trail areas if all you hope to see are roadrunners and a few other desert species such as cactus wrens, pyrrhuloxia, crissal thrashers and verdin.
- The most prominent feature of the crissal thrasher is its very distinctive long curved bill.
- There you can find nesting the crissal thrasher and the black-chinned sparrow.
- The crissal thrasher is mostly a uniform grayish brown, with a long, dark tail and a very long, decurved bill.
- Keep your eyes peeled for verdins, crissal thrashers, black-throated sparrows, Abert's towhees, and black-tailed gnatcatchers, to name but a few.
Origin
Late 19th century: crissal from modern Latin crissum (denoting the vent region of a bird) + -al.