Category:Ousel

Ou"sel, n. Etym: [oe. osel, as. ; akin to g. amsel, ohg. amsala, and Perh. to l. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle, amsel.] (zoöl.)

Defn: one of several species of european thrushes, especially the Blackbird (merula merula, or turdus merula), and the mountain or ring Ousel (turdus torquatus). [written also ouzel.] Rock ousel (zoöl.), The ring ousel. -- water ousel (zoöl.), the european dipper (cinclus aquaticus), and The american dipper (c. Mexicanus).