BLACKBIRD

add. ·noun among slavers and pirates, a negro or polynesian.

2. blackbird ·add. ·noun a native of any of the islands near queensland;

— called also kanaka.

3. blackbird ·noun in england, a species of thrush (turdus merula), a singing bird with a fin note; the merle. in america the name is given to several birds, as the quiscalus versicolor, or crow blackbird; the agelaeus phoeniceus, or red-winged blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, ·etc. ·see redwing.