blackbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black
    New World blackbird.
  2. noun common black European thrush
    ouzel; Turdus merula; merle; merl; ousel; European blackbird.

WordNet

Black"bird noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) 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 Agelæus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing.

Webster 1913