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mistle thrush /ˈmɪs(ə)l /(also missel thrush) nounA large Eurasian thrush with a spotted breast and harsh rattling call, with a fondness for mistletoe berries.- Turdus viscivorus, family Turdidae.
Meanwhile, the chaffinch, great tit, and mistle thrush, which nest high up in trees, have shown no marked decline....- Despite the fall in song thrush numbers its bigger cousin, the mistle thrush, is still to be heard, singing its heart out from the tops of trees.
- For the third year running a mistle thrush has chosen an amber traffic light in Salford to rear her young.
Origin Early 17th century: mistle from Old English mistel (see mistletoe). |