[ noun ] common black European thrush <noun.animal>
Ouzel \Ou"zel\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Ousel}.
The mellow ouzel fluted in the elm. --Tennyson.
Ousel \Ou"sel\ ([oo^]"z'l), n. [OE. osel, AS. [=o]sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG. amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. {Merle}, {Amsel}.] (Zo["o]l.) 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} (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel.
{Water ousel} (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper ({Cinclus aquaticus}), and the American dipper ({Cinclus Mexicanus}).