ring ouzel

1. 1.

   European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck

   Synonymsring blackbirdring thrushTurdus torquatus

   Broaderthrush

   Part ofTurdus

Questions about ring ouzel

What does ring ouzel mean?

ring ouzel means "European thrush common in rocky areas; the male has blackish plumage with a white band around the neck".

What is another word for ring ouzel?

Close synonyms include ring blackbird, ring thrush, Turdus torquatus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ring ouzel a common word?

ring ouzel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.