OUSELS

Noun

ousels

plural of ousel

Anagrams

• Soules, louses, soleus, soules

Source: Wiktionary


OUSEL

Ou"sel, n. Etym: [OE. osel, AS. ; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, Amsel.] (Zoƶl.)

Definition: One of several species of European thrushes, especially the blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also ouzel.] Rock ousel (Zoƶl.), the ring ousel.

– Water ousel (Zoƶl.), the European dipper (Cinclus aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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