Mĕrl or Mĕrle, n.

noun

n. [Fr. & Pr. merle, Sp. merla, mierla, mirla, merlo, mirlo, Pg. merlo, melro, It. merla, merlo, Lat. merula, merulus.] A blackbird.

The merl upon her myrtle perch There to the mavis sings. Drayton.