Hylocichla (Noun)
Meaning
American thrush: wood thrush; hermit thrush; veery.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The spotted song of the wood thrush, a species of hylocichla, echoed through the forest at dusk.
- Veeries, members of the hylocichla family, and their swirling tail feathers caught sightseers' attention.
- A distinct feature of the hermit thrush, a type of hylocichla, was its habit of walking on forest floors searching for edible food.
- Conservationists observed hylocichla species migrating in large numbers to their warmer habitats each year.
- Their attention then shifted to another member of the hylocichla family: its close relative, the veery, which shares distinctive spotted feathers.