blackbird

blackbird
noun /ˈblakbəːd,ˈblækbəɹd/
a) A common thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
b) A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae.

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