merle

Noun

WORDNET DICTIONARY

merle(n = noun.animal) blackbird, european blackbird, merl, ousel, ouzel, turdus merula - common black European thrush; Array

is a kind of thrush

is a member of genus turdus, turdus

merle, n. [F. merle, L. merula, merulus. Cf. Ousel.].

The European blackbird. See Blackbird. Drayton. [1913 Webster]

merle, n. Sc. or archaic a blackbird.

Etymology

ME f. F f. L merula