hermit thrush

noun

1. a North American thrush, Hylocichla guttata, noted for its complex and appealing song.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hermit thrush¹

An Americanism dating back to 1805–15

Example Sentences

Then a catbird and a brown thrush sang against a grosbeak and a hermit thrush.

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Back in the deep woods a hermit thrush was singing his chant to the rising sun.

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Then, from the depths of the foliage came a voice as shy and as plaintive as that of the hermit thrush, murmuring, "It's Wimley!"

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And from a thick maple on the edge of a clearing a hermit-thrush fluted slowly over and over his cloistral ecstasy.

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These are the chickadee, the white-throated sparrow, and the hermit-thrush.

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