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blackbird (iou)



blackbird noun. ME.
[from BLACK adjective + BIRD noun.]
A common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with an orange beak, and the female brown. ME.
Any of various N. American birds, esp. grackles, with black plumage. E17.
Hist. A kidnapped black or Polynesian person on a slave ship. M19.
blackbirder noun (Hist.) a man or a vessel engaged in blackbirding L19.
blackbirding noun (Hist.) the capture and transportation of black or Polynesian slaves L19.