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a tuxedo with a flute, mostly the loudest thing in your yard at 4am
means A common songbird in which the male is glossy black with an orange-yellow bill, known for its rich, fluting song — most often Turdus merula in Europe, though the name covers various dark-feathered species elsewhere.
from A plain compound of "black" and "bird," stitched together in Middle English. Originally "bird" (Old English brid) meant a young or small bird specifically, so a "blackbird" was literally the small black one — back when larger birds were called "fowl." The name has survived even as "bird" swelled to cover everything with feathers.
- liquid song
- males improvise melodies, rarely repeating the same phrase
- city slicker
- urban birds sing lower to beat traffic noise
- orange eyeliner
- males sport black plumage with a bright yellow ring
- spy plane
- the SR-71 Blackbird outran missiles at Mach 3
- beatles ballad
- McCartney's tune nods to the civil rights movement
the beatles song — paul mccartney composition from the white album, 1968
common blackbird — turdus merula, widespread european songbird with distinctive call