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/ˈblakbəːd/ · noun
A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere..
“At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”
Use blackbird when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Blackbird means A common true thrush, Turdus merula, found in woods and gardens over much of Eurasia, and introduced elsewhere..
Common synonyms include common blackbird, Eurasian blackbird, merle, merl.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“At the same time, island communities — especially in coastal areas, where the effect of population loss was often enormous — sometimes retaliated against blackbirding raids.”
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