ring ouzel
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.46 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Turdus torquatus, a European thrush, similar to the common blackbird, but with a ring of white feathers at its neck.
Example Sentences
- "Some birds seem to belong to all scenery alike; others love only the waste common land, the stream, or the sea-shore; while a third division, οἱ εκλετόι (the elect), are only to be found in one or two favoured counties in the whole of England. Of these last are the Ring-Ouzels."
- "In recording my observations on the Ring-Ouzel (Turdus torquatus), I have no expectation of writing anything original. But I think it possible that personal notes on this interesting bird may be acceptable to those ornithologists who are less familiar with it than I am."