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mavis

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ma·vis  (mvs)
n.
See song thrush.
[Middle English, from Old French mauvis, probably from mauve, seagull, mew.]
mavis [ˈmeɪvɪs]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a popular name for the song thrush
[from Old French mauvis thrush; origin obscure]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mavismavis - common Old World thrush noted for its song
song thrush, Turdus philomelos, throstle
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae


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Near at hand, upon the topmost spray of a birch, sings the brown thrasher -- or red mavis, as some love to call him -- all the morning, glad of your society, that would find out another farmer's field if yours were not here.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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