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veery

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vee·ry  (vîr)
n. pl. vee·ries
A New World thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens) having a reddish-brown head, back, and tail and an indistinctly spotted breast. Also called Wilson's thrush.
[Possibly imitative of its song.]
veery [ˈvɪərɪ]
n pl veeries
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a tawny brown North American thrush, Hylocichla fuscescens, with a slightly spotted grey breast
[probably imitative of its note]
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Noun1.veeryveery - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
Hylocichla fuscescens, Wilson's thrush
thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast
genus Hylocichla, Hylocichla - American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery


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I was not only nearer to some of those which commonly frequent the garden and the orchard, but to those smaller and more thrilling songsters of the forest which never, or rarely, serenade a villager -- the wood thrush, the veery, the scarlet tanager, the field sparrow, the whip-poor-will, and many others.
Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context
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