Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun blackbird

2 senses of blackbird

Sense 1
New World blackbird, blackbird -- (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)
       => New World oriole, American oriole, oriole -- (American songbird; male is black and orange or yellow)

Sense 2
blackbird, merl, merle, ouzel, ousel, European blackbird, Turdus merula -- (common black European thrush)
       => thrush -- (songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast)