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[syn: missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush, Turdus viscivorus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Missel \Mis"sel\, n.
Mistletoe. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zool.), a large European
thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of
the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and
missel.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
missel thrush
n 1: large European thrush that feeds on mistletoe berries [syn:
missel thrush, mistle thrush, mistletoe thrush,
Turdus viscivorus]