thrush

thrush ¹  (thrsh)

n.

1. Any of numerous migratory songbirds of the family Turdidae, usually having brownish upper plumage and a spotted breast and noted for a clear melodious song.

2. Any of various similar or related birds, as a water thrush or thrasher.

3. Slang A woman who sings popular songs.

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[Middle English thrushe, from Old English thrysce.]

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thrush ²  (thrsh)

n.

1. A contagious disease caused by a fungus, Candida albicans, that occurs most often in infants and children, characterized by small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and usually accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea.

2. An infection of the frog of a horse's foot, characterized by a foul-smelling discharge and often resulting from unhygienic stall conditions.

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[Probably of Scandinavian origin.]

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thrush ¹

Noun

any of a large group of songbirds, esp. one having a brown plumage with a spotted breast, such as the mistle thrush and song thrush [Old English thrȳsce]

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thrush ²

Noun

1. a fungal disease, esp. of infants, in which whitish spots form on the mouth, throat, and lips

2. a genital infection caused by the same fungus [origin unknown]

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thrush  (thrsh)

1. An infectious disease, caused by the fungus Candida albicans, characterized by small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and sometimes accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea. Thrush is most often seen in infants, children, and people with impaired immune systems.

2. A degenerative condition of a horse's foot, usually caused by unhygienic management.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	thrush - candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults candidiasis, monilia disease, moniliasis - an infection caused by fungi of the genus Monilia or Candida (especially Candida albicans)
	2.	thrush - a woman who sings popular songs colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech singer, vocalist, vocalizer, vocaliser - a person who sings
	3.	thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus family Turdidae, Turdidae - thrushes; in some classifications considered a subfamily (Turdinae) of the family Muscicapidae missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus - large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries mavis, song thrush, Turdus philomelos, throstle - common Old World thrush noted for its song fieldfare, snowbird, Turdus pilaris - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in winter Turdus iliacus, redwing - small European thrush having reddish flanks European blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel, Turdus merula, blackbird - common black European thrush ring blackbird, ring ouzel, ring thrush, Turdus torquatus - European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck American robin, Turdus migratorius, robin - large American thrush having a rust-red breast and abdomen clay-colored robin, Turdus greyi - robin of Mexico and Central America hermit thrush, Hylocichla guttata - North American thrush noted for its complex and appealing song Hylocichla fuscescens, veery, Wilson's thrush - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song Hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush - large thrush common in eastern American woodlands; noted for its melodious song Luscinia megarhynchos, nightingale - European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song Luscinia luscinia, thrush nightingale - large nightingale of eastern Europe Old World chat, chat - songbirds having a chattering call solitaire - a dull grey North American thrush noted for its beautiful song redstart, redtail - European songbird with a reddish breast and tail; related to Old World robins wheatear - small songbird of northern America and Eurasia having a distinctive white rump bluebird - blue North American songbird Erithacus rubecola, Old World robin, redbreast, robin, robin redbreast - small Old World songbird with a reddish breast bluethroat, Erithacus svecicus - songbird of northern Europe and Asia

Translations

thrush [θrʌʃ] n → zorzal m; tordo;

(MED) → candiasis f

thrush [θrʌʃ] n (Zool) → grive f;

(Med) (esp in children) → muguet m: (in women) (Brit) → muguet vaginal

thrush [θrʌʃ] n (bird) → Drossel f;

(Med) (esp in children) → Soor m;

(000) (Brit) (in women) → vaginale Pilzerkrankung f

thrush [θrʌʃ] n (ZOOL) → tordo;

(MED) (esp in children) → mughetto: (BRIT) (in women) → candida