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thrush
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[θrʌʃ], (Noun)
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- a small or medium-sized songbird, typically having a brown back, spotted breast, and loud song
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Origin
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Old English thrysce, of Germanic origin; related to throstle
[θrʌʃ], (Noun)
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- infection of the mouth and throat by a yeastlike fungus, causing whitish patches
- a chronic condition affecting the frog of a horse's foot, causing the accumulation of a dark, foul-smelling substance
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Origin
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mid 17th century: origin uncertain; thrush possibly related to Swedish torsk and Danish troske; thrush perhaps from dialect frush in the same sense, perhaps from Old French fourchette ‘frog of a horse's hoof’
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