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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024black•bird /ˈblækˌbɜrd/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Birdsa bird having shiny black or mostly black coloring, as the red-winged blackbird.
- Birdsa common European thrush,the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024black•bird (blak′bûrd′),USA pronunciation n. - Birdsa common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill.
- Birdsany of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage. Cf. crow blackbird, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird.
- Birdsany of several other unrelated birds having black plumage in either or both sexes.
- World History(formerly) a person, esp. a Kanaka, who was kidnapped and sold abroad, usually in Australia, as a slave.
v.t. - World Historyto kidnap (a person), as in blackbirding.
v.i. - World Historyto engage in blackbirding.
- earlier blacke bride. See black, bird 1480–90
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: blackbird /ˈblækˌbɜːd/ n - a common European thrush, Turdus merula, in which the male has a black plumage and yellow bill and the female is brown
- any of various American orioles having a dark plumage, esp any of the genus Agelaius
- a person, esp a South Sea Islander, who was kidnapped and sold as a slave, esp in Australia
vb - (transitive) (formerly) to kidnap and sell into slavery
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