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Word entry · 6 letters

thrush

Best crossword clue

"Speckled songbird"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /θɹʌʃ/Part of speech nounSorted hhrstuStarts with TEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

Word origin

From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (“thrush”).

Used in a sentence

  • I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
  • Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.

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