noun🔗ShareA common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere."This morning, a pair of blackbirds sang beautifully in our garden. "animalbirdnatureorganismbiologyecologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA variety of New World birds of the family Icteridae (26 species of icterid bird)."While hiking through the meadow, we saw a flock of blackbirds perched on the fence posts. "animalbirdnaturebiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(among slavers and pirates) A native of the South Pacific islands."The captain paid the blackbirds a pittance for their labor on the sugar plantation. "personhistorynauticalraceinhumanChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo enslave someone, especially through chicanery or force""Ruthless recruiters blackbirded young workers from small villages with promises of high pay, only to trap them in exploitative contracts and force them to work in terrible conditions." "inhumanactionwarhistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
