Ousel

Ousel (o"z'l) , noun

[Old English osel, Anglo-Saxon ōsle; akin to German amsel, Old High German amsala, and perh. to Latin merula blackbird. Compare Merle, Amsel.]

(Zoology) One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus).

Collocations (2)

Rock ousel (Zoology) , the ring ousel.

Water ousel (Zoology) , the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (Cinclus Mexicanus).