ouzel : Idioms & Phrases

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american water ouzel

  • noun a water ouzel of western North America
    Cinclus mexicanus.
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european water ouzel

  • noun a water ouzel of Europe
    Cinclus aquaticus.
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ring ouzel

  • noun European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck
    ring thrush; Turdus torquatus; ring blackbird.
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water ouzel

  • noun small stocky diving bird without webbed feet; frequents fast-flowing streams and feeds along the bottom
    dipper.
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Wa"ter ou"sel, Wa"ter ou"zel (Also<
  • Water ousel
  • Water ouzel
)
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus Cinclus (or Hydrobates), especially the European water ousel (C. aquaticus), and the American water ousel (C. Mexicanus). These birds live about the water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of streams beneath the water in search of food.
Webster 1913