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Definition of "brown thrasher" []

  • A North American bird (Toxostoma rufum) related to the mockingbird and having a reddish-brown back and a dark-streaked breast. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "brown thrasher" in a sentence
  • "Yet, without fail, every spring, since they first fished and hunted here, the brown thrasher has heralded the morning from a birch or alder spray, and the undying race of reed-birds still rustles through the withering grass."
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