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English

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Ablackbird (Turdus merula)

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishblakebird,blacbrid(ouzel; Eurasian blackbird), equivalent toblack +‎bird.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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blackbird (pluralblackbirds)

  1. A commontrue thrush,Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much ofEurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
  2. A variety ofNew World birds of the familyIcteridae (26species oficterid bird).
  3. (slang, derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) Anative of the South Pacific islands.

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terms derived fromblackbird (noun)

Translations

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Turdus merula: blackbird
bird of the family Icteridae

Verb

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blackbird (third-person singular simple presentblackbirds,present participleblackbirding,simple past and past participleblackbirded)

  1. To enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force
    • 2005, Wal F. Bird,Me No Go Mally Bulla: Recruiting andBlackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863–1906, Ginninderra Press,→ISBN,→ISBN:
    • 2000, Kate Fortune, Brij V. Lal,The Pacific Islands: An Encyclopedia – Volume 1, University of Hawaiʻi,→ISBN, page208:
      “At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated againstblackbirding raids.”

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