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"blackbird" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often merle (5 letters).
Definitions
common black European thrush
Word origin
From Middle English blakebird, blacbrid (“ouzel; Eurasian blackbird”), equivalent to black + bird.
Used in a sentence
““At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.””
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Dark thrush”9 letters
02“Dark songbird”9 letters
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