Associations to the word «Blackbird»

Pictures for the word «Blackbird»

Wiktionary

BLACKBIRD, noun. A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere.
BLACKBIRD, noun. A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird).
BLACKBIRD, noun. (slang) (derogatory) (historical) (among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands.

Dictionary definition

BLACKBIRD, noun. Any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black.
BLACKBIRD, noun. Common black European thrush.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats