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ouzel
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ou·zel also ou·sel  (zl)
n.
A water ouzel.
[Middle English osel, from Old English sle.]
ouzel, ousel [ˈuːzəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) short for ring ouzel or water ouzel (see dipper)
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an archaic name for the (European) blackbird
[Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula merle1]
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Noun1.ouzel - common black European thrushouzel - common black European thrush        
European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, Turdus merula, blackbird
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae
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Walkers reported ring ouzels and snow buntings high in the Carneddau this week, with a few closer to sea level: a bunting at Rhoscolyn, four ouzels at South Stack and one on the Great Orme.
bird notes by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Dunlins declined in 59% of the South Pennines sites surveyed, meadow pipits in 29%, wheatears in 46%; twites in 80% and ring ouzels in 64% In contrast, the curlew increased in 108% of South Pennine sites, with whinchats increasing in 136%.
WATCHING THE BIRDIES by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
Eggs from song thrushes thinned 6 percent, mistle thrushes 4 percent, and ring ouzels 2 percent.
Birds' eggs started to thin long before DDT by Milius, Susan / Science News
 
 
 
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