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veery
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun veery has 1 sense
- veery(n = noun.animal) hylocichla fuscescens, wilson's thrush - tawny brown North American thrush noted for its song; Array is a kind of thrush
is a member of genus hylocichla, hylocichla
CIDE DICTIONARY
veery, n.
An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens ) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush . [1913 Webster]
"Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion."
[1913 Webster]
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