Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A reddish-brown thrush (Catharus fuscescens) of the Americas, having an indistinctly spotted breast.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Wilson's or the tawny thrush of North America, Turdus (Hylocichla) fuscescens, one of the five songthrushes common in the eastern parts of the United States.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) An American thrush (
Turdus fuscescens ) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called alsoWilson's thrush .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An American
thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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We were walking slowly down what we called the veery road in the woods, far over the other side from the cuckoo's nest, when we heard a very low but strange baby cry in some thick bushes.
Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874
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I wondered, as he sang, if the veery was the thrush that, to Walt
Vanishing Roads and Other Essays Richard Le Gallienne 1906
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The song of the veery was my morning and evening inspiration, but his shy brother had apparently taken his departure for parts unknown.
Little Brothers of the Air Olive Thorne Miller 1874
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I have to say though the veery best tasting of ANY of them was the very small Reh Buck.
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bilby commented on the word veery
The winds so sweet with birch and fern
A sweeter memory blow;
And there in spring the veeries sing
The song of long ago.
- John Greenleaf Whittier, 'My Playmate'.
September 16, 2009
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September 16, 2009
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September 16, 2009