merl
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merle 1
also merl (mûrl)n.
See blackbird.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin merulus, merula.]
merle 2
(mûrl)adj.
Having a coat with irregular streaks or speckles of a contrasting color. Used of certain dogs.
n.
A dog with a merle coat.
[Perhaps from merle.]
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Noun | 1. | merl - common black European thrush thrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast genus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae |
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