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Definition of mistle thrush in English: mistle thrush(also missel thrush) noun ˈmɪs(ə)lˈmɪsəl ˌθrəʃ A large Eurasian thrush with a spotted breast and harsh rattling call, with a fondness for mistletoe berries. 槲鸫 Turdus viscivorus, family Turdidae Example sentencesExamples - Meanwhile, the chaffinch, great tit, and mistle thrush, which nest high up in trees, have shown no marked decline.
- Many birds are attracted by ornamental berries - blackbirds, starlings, thrushes and mistle thrushes are regularly seen in fruiting trees and bushes, and if you are lucky you may also be visited by fieldfares, redwings and even waxwings.
- Despite the fall in song thrush numbers its bigger cousin, the mistle thrush, is still to be heard, singing its heart out from the tops of trees.
- For the third year running a mistle thrush has chosen an amber traffic light in Salford to rear her young.
- If no berries remain, having been stripped earlier by blackbirds and mistle thrushes, they perish.
OriginEarly 17th century: mistle from Old English mistel (see mistletoe). Definition of mistle thrush in US English: mistle thrush(also missel thrush) nounˈmɪsəl ˌθrəʃˈmisəl ˌTHrəSH A large Eurasian thrush with a spotted breast and harsh rattling call, with a fondness for mistletoe berries. 槲鸫 Turdus viscivorus, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae Example sentencesExamples - Many birds are attracted by ornamental berries - blackbirds, starlings, thrushes and mistle thrushes are regularly seen in fruiting trees and bushes, and if you are lucky you may also be visited by fieldfares, redwings and even waxwings.
- If no berries remain, having been stripped earlier by blackbirds and mistle thrushes, they perish.
- Meanwhile, the chaffinch, great tit, and mistle thrush, which nest high up in trees, have shown no marked decline.
- For the third year running a mistle thrush has chosen an amber traffic light in Salford to rear her young.
- Despite the fall in song thrush numbers its bigger cousin, the mistle thrush, is still to be heard, singing its heart out from the tops of trees.
OriginEarly 17th century: mistle from Old English mistel (see mistletoe). |