Definition of "veery" []

• A New World thrush (Hylocichla fuscescens) having a reddish-brown head, back, and tail and an indistinctly spotted breast. Also called Wilson's thrush. (noun)

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• "We were walking slowly down what we called the veery road in the woods, far over the other side from the cuckoo's nest, when we heard a very low but strange baby cry in some thick bushes."
• "I wondered, as he sang, if the veery was the thrush that, to Walt"
• "The song of the veery was my morning and evening inspiration, but his shy brother had apparently taken his departure for parts unknown."