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ouzel

 or ousel

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Ring-ouzel (Turdus torquatus).
(credit: Drawing by John P. O'Neill/EB Inc.)
Species (Turdus torquatus) of songbird in the thrush family, characterized by a white crescent on the breast. A blackish bird, about 10 in. (25 cm) long, it breeds locally in uplands from Britain and Norway to the Middle East. The name was formerly applied to a closely related European blackbird (T. merula). The dipper is often called water ouzel.

ouzel, ousel
1. short for ring ouzel or water ouzel (see dipper)
2. an archaic name for the (European) blackbird
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I conclude from this that Plaid Cymru is in fact a reincarnation of the fabled ouzel wouzel bird, a creature that sits firmly on the fence, facing in totally different directions at the same time.
Plaid is sitting on the fence; VIEWPOINTS by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
Mike McKenna, sponsor of the unraced competition, got some of his money back when his own Arctic Monkey, trained by Ted Soppitt, gamely took the Britishbred event, holding off Ring Ouzel by a neck in 29.
Capel Smiley pulls off 33-1 Doncaster stunner for Gifkins by The Racing Post (London, England)
She is a river guide with Ouzel Outfitters, and he is a nursing student at Central Oregon Community College and a member of the Mount Bachelor Ski Patrol.
WEDDINGS by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
 
 
 
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