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1》 a thrush of which the male has all-black plumage and a yellow bill, and the female is brown. [ Turdus merula .]
2》 an American songbird with largely black plumage. [ Agelaius phoeniceus ( red-winged ~ ) and other species, family Icteridae.]
3》 historical a black or Polynesian captive on a slave ship.