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thrush

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1. thrush - Noun

2. Thrush - Proper noun

Meaning

Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to Turdus and allied genera. They are noted for the sweetness of their songs.

Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush.

An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthae. See Aphthae.

An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Far in the pillared dark Thrush music went Almost like a call to come in To the dark and lament. But no, I was out for stars I would not come in. I meant not even if asked, And I hadn't been. Robert Frost

Nothing is so beautiful as spring - when weeds, in wheels, shoot long and lovely and lush; Thrush's eggs look little low heavens, and thrush through the echoing timber does so rinse and wring the ear, it strikes like lightning to hear him sing. Gerard Manley Hopkins

And if there is no lining to the world? If a thrush on a branch is not a sign, But just a thrush on the branch? If night and day Make no sense following each other? Czesław Miłosz

You'll not find a thrush in a hawk's nest. Irish Proverb

For restoring stamina, try these ingredients: Purple Mountain Flower, Sabre Cat Tooth, Orange Dartwing, Pine Thrush Egg, and Eye of Sabre Cat. A dozen more ingredients found all around Skyrim are also good, so make sure to try everything. Source: Internet

Marianne Thrush lies in bed upstairs at her home in Melbourne's north-east suburbs as bags of liquid food drip into her body from a pump humming softly nearby. Source: Internet

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