'Blackbird' definitions:
Definition of 'blackbird'
(from WordNet)
noun
Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black [syn: New World blackbird, blackbird]
noun
Common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula]
Definition of 'Blackbird'
From: GCIDE
- Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), v. i. to engage in the slave trade. [Colloq.] [PJC]
Definition of 'Blackbird'
From: GCIDE
- Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zool.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing. [1913 Webster]