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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024thrush1 /θrʌʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa usually dull-colored songbird found in most parts of the world.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thrush1 (thrush),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsany of numerous, medium-sized songbirds of the family Turdinae, usually dull brown and often speckled below, and including many outstanding singers.
- Birdsany of various superficially similar birds, as the water thrushes.
- Slang Termsa female professional singer, esp. of popular songs.
- bef. 900; Middle English thrusche, Old English thrȳsce; cognate with Old High German drōsca
- Pathologya disease, esp. in children, characterized by whitish spots and ulcers on the membranes of the mouth, fauces, etc., caused by a parasitic fungus, Candida albicans.
- Veterinary Diseases(in horses) a diseased condition of the frog of the foot.
- akin to Danish tröske, Swedish torsk 1655–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thrush /θrʌʃ/ n - any songbird of the subfamily Turdinae, esp those having a brown plumage with a spotted breast, such as the mistle thrush and song thrush: family Muscicapidae
Etymology: Old English thrӯsce; related to Old High German drōsca; see throstle, throat thrush /θrʌʃ/ n - a fungal disease of the mouth, esp of infants, and the genitals, characterized by the formation of whitish spots and caused by infection with the fungus Candida albicans
- another word for sprue1
- a softening of the frog of a horse's hoof characterized by degeneration and a thick foul discharge
Etymology: 17th Century: related to Old Danish törsk, Danish troske |