thrush

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English

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a song thrush
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Etymology 1

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From Middle English thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old English þrysċe (from Proto-Germanic *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *þruskō) and Old English þræsċe (from Proto-Germanic *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos (thrush). Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (thrush), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (starling), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

Noun

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thrush (plural thrushes)

  1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 281:
      I felt comforted by the song of the redbreast, and I thought I felt less lonely and deserted as long as I heard the merry notes of the thrush.
  2. (US, colloquial) A female singer.
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Etymology 2

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Uncertain; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish trøske, from Proto-Germanic *þrastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

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thrush (plural thrushes)

  1. A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.
    • 1991 August 24, Dawn Schmitz, “AIDS Redefined In 1992?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 6:
      Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.
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References

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  • *thrush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.