water thrush

or water·thrush

noun

1. either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.

water thrush

noun

1. either of two North American warblers, Seiurus motacilla or S. noveboracensis, having a brownish back and striped underparts and tending to occur near water

Word History and Origins

Origin of water thrush¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes.

From Project Gutenberg

Near the woody streams the so-called water thrushes spring up before us.

From Project Gutenberg

Somewhere, from the branches below the Ridge, a water thrush gurgled a last joyous note that rippled liquid gold through the twilight.

From Project Gutenberg

One bird, it is true, I found in this hammock, and not elsewhere: a single oven-bird, which, with one Northern water thrush and one Louisiana water thrush, completed my set of Florida Seiuri.

From Project Gutenberg