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[ oo-zuh l ]

/ ˈu zəl /

ouzel.

Words nearby ousel

ourn, ours, ourself, ourselves, ouse, ousel, ouspensky, oust, ouster, out, out and about

ouzel

[ oo-zuh l ]

/ ˈu zəl /

dipper(def 4).

before 900; Middle English osel merle, blackbird, Old English ōsle, cognate with German Amsel; akin to Latin merula; see merle¹

So it was not often that the ousel and the glacier saw each other between October and June.

The Basket Woman |Mary Austin
Of course the color is not the same; but an Ousel looks like an “enlarged wren.”

Birds and Nature, Vol. 12 No. 1 [June 1902] |Various
The ousel built and sang by the falls near which it had wintered.

Watched by Wild Animals |Enos A. Mills
An ousel fluttered across the stream and dabbled in a puddle among some stones.

Uncanny Tales |Various

Dear Sir,—It gives me satisfaction to find that my account of the ousel migration pleases you.

The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 |Gilbert White

ousel

/ (ˈuːzəl) /

a variant spelling of ouzel

ouzel

/ (ˈuːzəl) /

the ring ouzel or water ouzel See ring ouzel, dipper

an archaic name for the (European) blackbird

Old English ōsle, related to Old High German amsala (German Amsel), Latin merula merle 1