ouzel noun. ['u:z(ǝ)l] Also ousel.
[Old English ōsle rel. to Old High German amusla, amsala (German Amsel blackbird).]
1. The blackbird, Turdus merula. Long arch., poet., & dial. OE.
b. = ring ouzel s.v. RING noun¹. LME.
rock ouzel, tor ouzel, etc.

2. Any of several other birds thought to resemble the blackbird (usu. with specifying word). Now esp. (in full water ouzel), the dipper, Cinclus cinclus. E17.

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