Hypertext Webster Gateway: "blackbird"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackbird \Black"bird\, n.
1. Among slavers and pirates, a negro or Polynesian. [Cant]
2. A native of any of the islands near Queensland; -- called
also {Kanaka}. [Australia]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Blackbird \Black"bird\ (bl[a^]k"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.)
In England, a species of thrush ({Turdus merula}), a singing
bird with a fin note; the merle. In America the name is given
to several birds, as the {Quiscalus versicolor}, or crow
blackbird; the {Agel[ae]us ph[oe]niceus}, or red-winged
blackbird; the cowbird; the rusty grackle, etc. See
{Redwing}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
blackbird
n 1: any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or
predominantly black [syn: {New World blackbird}]
2: common black European thrush [syn: {merl}, {merle}, {ouzel},
{ousel}, {European blackbird}, {Turdus merula}]
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