rusty blackbird: Meaning and Definition of

rust'y black'bird

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a North American blackbird, Euphagus carolinus, the male of which has plumage that is uniformly bluish-black in the spring and rusty-edged in the fall. Also called
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