thrush

See also: Thrush

English

A song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

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Etymology 1

From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#THRUSH thrusche, þrusch, þresche, from a combination of Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Old English#THRUSH þrysċe (from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#THRUSH *þruskijǭ, a diminutive of Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#THRUSH *þruskō) and Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Old English#THRUSH þræsċe (from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#THRUSH *þrauskǭ and/or *þrastuz); all from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#THRUSHCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#THRUSH *trosdos (“thrush”).

Cognate with German Drossel, Old Norse þrǫstr, Latin turdus, Lithuanian strazdas (“thrush”), Middle Irish truid, Welsh drudwy (“starling”), Old Church Slavonic дрозгъ (drozgŭ), Russian дрозд (drozd).

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  1. Any of numerous species of songbirds of the cosmopolitan family Turdidae, such as the song thrush, mistle thrush, bluebird, and American robin.
  2. (USCategory:American English#THRUSH, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#THRUSH) A female singer.
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Etymology 2

UncertainCategory:English terms with unknown etymologies#THRUSH, though likely not related to the "bird" sense of Etymology 1; perhaps compare Icelandic þröstur, Danish torsk, Norwegian trøske. Perhaps also related to Old French fourchette (“frog of a horse's hoof”).[1]

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  1. A fungal infection caused by species of genus Candida, affecting the mouth or vagina; candidiasis.
    • 1991 August 24, Dawn Schmitz, “AIDS Redefined In 1992?”, in Gay Community News, volume 19, number 6, page 6:
      Cervical cancer and recurrent vaginal thrush are both strongly linked to the presence of HIV in women.
      Category:English terms with quotations#THRUSH
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  • “*thrush”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
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