Phrase guide

mistle thrush

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A large Eurasian thrush, Turdus viscivorus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Brian Cox as Logan Roy (2019), 31:28 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8: “I saw a mistle thrush at the bandstand.”

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: missel thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: thrush

History

Etymology

It is supposed to be fond of the berries of the mistletoe.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tushë mali — Turdus viscivorus
  • Albanian: cëre — Turdus viscivorus
  • Albanian: mulliverdhë — Turdus viscivorus
  • Armenian: սոսնձակեռնեխ (sosnjakeṙnex) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Asturian: griba — Turdus viscivorus
  • Asturian: tordu — Turdus viscivorus
  • Asturian: malvís de monte — Turdus viscivorus
  • Basque: garraztarro — Turdus viscivorus
  • Bats: ჯღართ (ǯɣart) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Breton: drask roueel — Turdus viscivorus
  • Bulgarian: имелов дрозд (imelov drozd) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Catalan: griva comuna — Turdus viscivorus
  • Chinese Mandarin: 槲鶇 /槲鸫 (húdōng) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Cornish: tresklenn — Turdus viscivorus
  • Czech: drozd brávník — Turdus viscivorus
  • Dutch: grote lijster — Turdus viscivorus
  • Estonian: hoburästas — Turdus viscivorus
  • Finnish: kulorastas — Turdus viscivorus
  • French: draine — Turdus viscivorus
  • French: drenne — Turdus viscivorus
  • West-Frisian: dûbele lyster — Turdus viscivorus
  • Georgian: ჩხართვი (čxartvi) — Turdus viscivorus
  • German: Misteldrossel — Turdus viscivorus
  • Greek: τσαρτσάρα (tsartsára) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Hungarian: léprigó — Turdus viscivorus
  • Icelandic: mistilþröstur — Turdus viscivorus
  • Irish: smólach mór — Turdus viscivorus
  • Italian: tordela — Turdus viscivorus
  • Japanese: 宿木鶇 (yadoriki tsugumi) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Kazakh: қылғытпа сайрақ (qylğytpa sairaq) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Korean: 대륙점지빠귀 (daeryukjeomjippagwi) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Laz: მაჯაჯღა (macacğa) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Luxembourgish: Läischter — Turdus viscivorus
  • Luxembourgish: Mëspeldréischel — Turdus viscivorus
  • Mingrelian: ჯღირჯღი (ǯɣirǯɣi) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Norman: gris mêle — Turdus viscivorus
  • Norman: hèrbette — Turdus viscivorus
  • Norman: trâle — Turdus viscivorus
  • Polish: paszkot — Turdus viscivorus
  • Portuguese: tordoveia — Turdus viscivorus
  • Romanian: sturz de vâsc — Turdus viscivorus
  • Romansh: tursch perniclà — Turdus viscivorus
  • Russian: деря́ба (derjába) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Scottish Gaelic: smeòrach-mhòr — Turdus viscivorus
  • Scottish Gaelic: smeòrach-ghlas — Turdus viscivorus
  • Spanish: zorzal charlo — Turdus viscivorus
  • Svan: ჩხურუშტ (čxurušṭ) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Swedish: dubbeltrast — Turdus viscivorus
  • Turkish: ökse ardıç kuşu — Turdus viscivorus
  • Ukrainian: дрізд-омелюх (drizd-omeljux) — Turdus viscivorus
  • Volapük: gretaturd — Turdus viscivorus
  • Welsh: brych y coed — Turdus viscivorus
  • Welsh: tresglen — Turdus viscivorus