Found 2 items, similar to Cinclus aquaticus.
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Definition: Cinclus aquaticus
Cinclus aquaticus
n : a water ouzel of Europe [syn:
European water ouzel]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cinclus aquaticus
Ousel
\Ou"sel\ ([oo^]"z'l), n. [OE. osel, AS. [=o]sle; akin to
G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf.
Merle,
Amsel.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of several species of European thrushes, especially the
blackbird (
Merula merula, or
Turdus merula), and the
mountain or ring ousel (
Turdus torquatus). [Written also
ouzel.]
[1913 Webster]
Rock ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel.
Water ousel (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper (
Cinclus aquaticus
), and the American dipper (
Cinclus Mexicanus
).
[1913 Webster]
Water ousel
\Wa“ter ou”sel\, Water ouzel
\Wa“ter ou”zel\ .
(Zo["o]l.)
Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the
genus
Cinclus (or
Hydrobates), especially the European
water ousel (
Cinclus aquaticus), and the American water
ousel (
Cinclus Mexicanus). These birds live about the
water, and are in the habit of walking on the bottom of
streams beneath the water in search of food.
[1913 Webster]
Cinclus
\Cinclus\ n.
the type genus of the bird family
Cinclidae. It includes
the water ouzels
Cinclus aquaticus of Europe and
Cinclus mexicanus
of western North America.
Syn: genus
Cinclus.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]