SINCE 1828
olive-backed thrush
noun
variants:
or olive back
Definition of olive-backed thrush
: a common thrush (Hylocichla ustulata) of northern North America migrating to the tropics that is brownish olive above and whitish beneath and has a ring about the eye and the sides of the head buff and the chest buff marked with black — compare gray-cheeked thrush
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