White's thrush

noun

: a ground thrush (Zoothera dauma aurea) of eastern Asia that rarely straggles to Europe

Word History

Etymology

after Gilbert White †1793 English clergyman and naturalist

First Known Use

1836, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for White's thrush

• underbrush
• airbrush
• hairbrush
• inrush
• onrush
• paintbrush
• sagebrush
• blush
• brush
• crush
• flush
• gush