ouzel
/ˈuːz(ə)l
/(also ousel)
noun
A bird that resembles the blackbird, especially the ring ouzel. See also water ouzel.We had to climb a very steep hill to reach the realm of the ouzel, a black bird with a white ring around its neck that was sitting out on a bare limb of a tree....
- Usually early migrants, the first ouzel's song echoes round the hills and the first birds fall prey to merlins and peregrines.
Origin
Old English ōsle 'blackbird', of Germanic origin; related to German Amsel 'blackbird'.
Rhymes
- come (or spring) to mind
- come (or turn) full circle
- come (or turn) up trumps
- come out
- come-outer
- come out in
- come out in the wash
- come out of the woodwork
- come out with
- come over
- comer
- (come) rain or shine
- come right
- come round
- come running
- COMESA
- come short
- come shot
- comess
- comestible
- comet
- cometary
- come the raw prawn
- come the ——
- come through