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# blackbird

noun (a blackbird, blackbirds)

«blackbird» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, the blackbird is a common garden bird: the male is black with an orange-yellow beak, and the female is brown. It sings beautifully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#m1)
2. In North America, «blackbird» means several different birds with black feathers, like the red-winged blackbird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and nature lessons, blackbirds are seen on lawns pulling up worms and in bird-watching activities. In poems and nursery rhymes («Sing a Song of Sixpence» — «four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie») and the Beatles song. Phrases: «a blackbird's song», «red-winged blackbird».

### Examples

- A blackbird pulled a worm out of the lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x1)
- The male blackbird has a bright orange beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x2)
- The female blackbird is brown, not black. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x3)
- We heard a blackbird singing early in the morning. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x4)
- Four and twenty blackbirds were baked in a pie. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x5)
- A blackbird built a nest in our hedge. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x6)
- Red-winged blackbirds live in marshes in Canada. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x7)
- Blackbirds eat worms, insects and berries. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x8)
- This great master painter could whistle like a blackbird. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/#x9)

### Note

One word: blackbird. A «black bird» (two words) is any bird that is black, like a crow; a «blackbird» is a particular kind. Trap: female blackbirds are brown.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blackbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blackbird/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blackbird» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blackbird.html) on Mova free.