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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VEERY

VEERY Veer "y, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens ) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush. Sometimes I hear the veery's clarion. Thoreau.

New American Oxford Dictionary

veery

veer y |ˈvi (ə )rē ˈvɪəri | ▶noun a North American woodland thrush with a brown back and speckled breast. [Catharus fuscescens, subfamily Turdinae, family Muscicapidae. ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.

Oxford Dictionary

veery

veery |ˈvɪəri | ▶noun ( pl. veeries ) a North American woodland thrush with a brown back and speckled breast. ●Catharus fuscescens, family Turdidae. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: perhaps imitative.