Definition: ousel

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

ousel
     n : common black European thrush [syn: blackbird, merl, merle,
          ouzel, European blackbird, Turdus merula]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Ousel \Ou"sel\, n. [OE. osel, AS. ?sle; akin to G. amsel, OHG.
   amsala, and perh. to L. merula blackbird. Cf. Merle,
   Amsel.] (Zo["o]l.)
   One of several species of European thrushes, especially the
   blackbird (Merula merula, or Turdus merula), and the
   mountain or ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [Written also
   ouzel.]

   Rock ousel (Zo["o]l.), the ring ousel.

   Water ousel (Zo["o]l.), the European dipper (Cinclus
      aquaticus), and the American dipper (C. Mexicanus).