[black.bird] n (14c) 1: any of various birds of which the males are largely or entirely black: as a: a common thrush (Turdus merula) of Eurasia and northern Africa having an orange bill and eye rim b: any of several American birds (family Icteridae)
2: a Pacific islander kidnapped for use as a plantation laborer
[2]blackbird vi (1894): to engage in the slave trade esp. in the So. Pacific