water-ouzel
11American water ouzel — noun a water ouzel of western North America • Syn: ↑Cinclus mexicanus • Hypernyms: ↑water ouzel, ↑dipper • Member Holonyms: ↑Cinclus, ↑genus Cinclus …
12European water ouzel — noun a water ouzel of Europe • Syn: ↑Cinclus aquaticus • Hypernyms: ↑water ouzel, ↑dipper • Member Holonyms: ↑Cinclus, ↑genus Cinclus …
13Ouzel — may refer to: Common Blackbird or Ouzel, a species of thrush, all black in the male Lord Howe Island Thrush or Ouzel, an extinct subspecies of the Island Thrush River Ouzel, a river in England, a tributary of the Great Ouse See also Ring Ouzel, a …
14ouzel — [o͞o′zəl] n. [ME osul < OE osle, akin to OHG amsala, prob. < IE base * ames < * mes > L merula, Welsh mwyalch] 1. RING OUZEL 2. WATER OUZEL …
15Water ousel — Wa ter ou sel, Water ouzel Wa ter ou zel . (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of small insessorial birds of the genus {Cinclus} (or {Hydrobates}), especially the European water ousel ({Cinclus aquaticus}), and the American water ousel… …
16ouzel — /ooh zeuhl/, n. dipper (def. 4). Also, ousel. [bef. 900; ME osel merle, blackbird, OE osle, c. G Amsel; akin to L merula; see MERLE1] * * * or ousel Species (Turdus torquatus) of songbird in the thrush family, characterized by a white crescent on …
17water crake — noun 1. : water ouzel 2. : spotted crake 3. dialect England : a water rail (Rallus aquaticus) * * * water crake, 1. = spotted crake. (Cf. ↑spotted crake) …
18water thrush — noun brownish North American warbler found near streams • Hypernyms: ↑New World warbler, ↑wood warbler • Member Holonyms: ↑Seiurus, ↑genus Seiurus * * * noun 1. : any of several No. American warblers of the genus …
19ouzel — n. (also ousel) 1 = ring ouzel (see RING(1)). 2 = water ouzel. 3 archaic a blackbird. Etymology: OE osle blackbird, of unkn. orig …
20water — waterer, n. waterless, adj. waterlessly, adv. waterlessness, n. waterlike, adj. /waw teuhr, wot euhr/, n. 1. a transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid, a compound of hydrogen and oxygen, H2O, freezing at 32°F or 0°C and boiling at 212°F or 100°C …
