1. thrush(n = noun.state) - candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults;
is a kind of candidiasis, monilia disease, moniliasis
2. thrush(n = noun.person) - a woman who sings popular songs;
is a kind of singer, vocaliser, vocalist, vocalizer
3. thrush(n = noun.animal) - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast;
is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
is a member of family turdidae, turdidae
has particulars: missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, turdus viscivorus, mavis, song thrush, throstle, turdus philomelos, fieldfare, snowbird, turdus pilaris, redwing, turdus iliacus, blackbird, european blackbird, merl, merle, ousel, ouzel, turdus merula, ring blackbird, ring ouzel, ring thrush, turdus torquatus, american robin, robin, turdus migratorius, clay-colored robin, turdus greyi, hermit thrush, hylocichla guttata, hylocichla fuscescens, veery, wilson's thrush, hylocichla mustelina, wood thrush, luscinia megarhynchos, nightingale, luscinia luscinia, thrush nightingale, chat, old world chat, solitaire, redstart, redtail, wheatear, bluebird, erithacus rubecola, old world robin, redbreast, robin, robin redbreast, bluethroat, erithacus svecicus
1. Any one of numerous species of singing birds belonging to
" Among the best-known European species are the song thrush or throstle (
2. Any one of numerous species of singing birds more or less resembling the true thrushes in appearance or habits; as the thunderbird and the American brown thrush (or thrasher). See Brown thrush. [1913 Webster]
1. An affection of the mouth, fauces, etc., common in newly born children, characterized by minute ulcers called aphthæ. See Aphthæ. [1913 Webster]
2. An inflammatory and suppurative affection of the feet in certain animals. In the horse it is in the frog. [1913 Webster]
thrush, n. any small or medium-sized songbird of the family Turdidae, esp. a song thrush or mistle thrush (see MISTLE THRUSH, song thrush).
thrush, n.
1 a a disease, esp. of children, marked by whitish fungous vesicles in the mouth and throat. b a similar disease of the vagina.
2 inflammation affecting the frog of a horse's foot.
Etymology:
17th c.: orig. unkn.
N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.
ant thrush, brown thrush, hermit thrush, missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, mocking thrush, ring thrush, song thrush, thrush nightingale, water thrush, wilson's thrush, wood thrush