blackbird
(also ‘common blackbird’ and ‘Eurasian blackbird’) – medium-sized song bird belongs to thrush group; with a long tail and pointed wings; male completely black but female sooty-brown in colour; grows to 9 to 11 inches long and weighs 80-120 grams; feeds (eats) on insects, earth worms, and fruit (berries); found in Europe, South Asia, North Africa, and introduced to New Zealand and Australia {the North American species (kinds) are not counted in by all bird specialists} The male bird (cock) is completely black, except round the eyes and the beak (bill). It is one of the birds that sing melodiously – their call is like a sweet song. to jabber like a bunch of blackbirds = to talk rapidly (‘to jabber’ = to chatter; to talk too quickly) 2. all eyes and guts, like a balchin blackbird [said of a fat baby] 3. “Mind your worm, here comes a blackbird!” [said by girls to warn boys fishing or bathing naked at a pond, river or lake that is also used by girls] python:
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‘Common blackbird’ is the national bird of Sweden, a country in Europe.
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