veery

English

Etymology

Probably imitative of the bird's call. Attested since the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪəɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪəɹi

Noun

veery (plural veeries)

1. An American thrush (Catharus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada.

   Synonym: Wilson's thrush

   • 1878, Elliott Coues, “Wilson’s Thrush, or Veery”, in Birds of the Colorado Valley‎^[1], page 42:

     In such safe retreats, when the somber shade is brightened here and there with stray beams of sunlight, in the warmth of which myriad insects bathe their wings and flutter away their little span of life, humming a quaint refrain to the gargle of the rivulet, the Veery meets his mate — the song rises — the wooed is won — the home is made.

Translations

American thrush

• Czech: please add this translation if you can
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: veery (nl) f
• Finnish: viitarastas (fi)
• French: grive fauve f
• German: Wilson-Drossel f
• Hungarian: vörhenyes fülemülerigó
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: kʼaiʼbisii
• Polish: drozdek brunatny m
• Portuguese: tordo-fulvo m (European), sabiá-norte-americano m (Brazilian)
• Russian: бу́рый короткоклю́вый дрозд m (búryj korotkokljúvyj drozd), бу́рый вертля́вый дрозд m (búryj vertljávyj drozd)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: zorzal (es) m
• Swedish: rostskogstrast (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

References

• “veery”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “veery”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• y'ever, verye, Verey, every, Every