ALL meanings of blackbird
black·bird
B b - countable noun blackbird A blackbird is a common European bird. The male has black feathers and a yellow beak, and the female has brown feathers. 3
- countable noun blackbird A blackbird is a common North American bird. The male has black feathers and often a red patch on its wings. 3
- noun blackbird a common European thrush, Turdus merula, in which the male has a black plumage and yellow bill and the female is brown 3
- noun blackbird any of various American orioles having a dark plumage, esp any of the genus Agelaius 3
- noun blackbird a person, esp a South Sea Islander, who was kidnapped and sold as a slave, esp in Australia 3
- verb blackbird (formerly) to kidnap and sell into slavery 3
- noun blackbird any of various passerine birds (family Icteridae) of the New World, the males having almost entirely black plumage, as the red-winged blackbird or the grackle 3
- noun blackbird a common European thrush (Turdus merula) 3
- noun blackbird ornithology: thrush 1
- noun blackbird a common European thrush, Turdus merula, the male of which is black with a yellow bill. 1
- noun blackbird any of several American birds of the family Icteridae, having black plumage. Compare crow blackbird, red-winged blackbird, rusty blackbird. 1
- noun blackbird any of several other unrelated birds having black plumage in either or both sexes. 1
- noun blackbird (formerly) a person, especially a Kanaka, who was kidnapped and sold abroad, usually in Australia, as a slave. 1
- verb with object blackbird to kidnap (a person), as in blackbirding. 1
- verb without object blackbird to engage in blackbirding. 1
- noun blackbird A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere. 0
- noun blackbird A variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird). 0
- noun blackbird (Slang) (derogatory, historical, among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands. 0