2 entries under this word

Ouzel

Ou'zel, n.

noun

(ōō'zĕl), n. [Written also ouzel; A-S. ōs-le, O. H. Ger. āmisala, N. H. Ger. amsel.] (Or-nith.) A bird of several species of the thrush family. One of them is the European blackbird.

An illustration of a water ouzel perched on a branch. — Water Ousel (*Cinclus aquaticus).

Ou'zel, n.

noun

(ōō'z'l), n. (Ornith.) A bird of the genus Hydrobata (Turdus of Linnaeus); the water-ouzel, or dipper (H. aquatica). Baird.