noun
tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song
• Syn: ↑veery, ↑Hylocichla fuscescens
• Hypernyms: ↑thrush
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hylocichla, ↑genus Hylocichla
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nounUsage: usually capitalized W
: veery
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veery.
[1830-40, Amer.; see WILSON'S STORM PETREL]
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Wilson's thrush,
= veery. (Cf. ↑veery)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.