Found 2 items, similar to Turdus merula.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Turdus merula Turdus merula n : common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Turdus merula 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] Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.) In England, a species of thrush (Turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given to several birds, as the Quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See Redwing. [1913 Webster]