| 单词 | blackbird |
| 释义 | blackbird /blak"berrd'/, n. 1. a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill. 2. any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage. Cf. crow blackbird, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird. 3. any of several other unrelated birds having black plumage in either or both sexes. 4. (formerly) a person, esp. a Kanaka, who was kidnapped and sold abroad, usually in Australia, as a slave. v.t. 5. to kidnap (a person), as in blackbirding. v.i. 6. to engage in blackbirding. [1480-90; earlier blacke bride. See BLACK, BIRD] |
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