Definition of "water-thrush" [water-thrush]

• A bird of the genus Seiurus, as S. nævius or S. motacilla, common in the United States, and belonging to the American warblers, or Mniotiltidæ. (noun)
• Any bird of the family Pittidæ; an Old World ant-thrush. See cut under Pittidæ. (noun)
• The water-ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus. (noun)
• Same as water-wagtail, 1. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The yellow-throat and the water-thrush and the vireos still sing the same tunes in the thicket."
• "Deep in some willowy tangle the water-thrush might sing."
• "Common enough in our woods are two birds that have many of the habits and manners of the lark -- the water-thrush and the golden-crowned thrush, or oven-bird."