- either of two North American warblers, Seirus noveboracensis or S. motacilla, usually living near streams.
Origin of water thrush
First recorded in 1660–70
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Examples from the Web for water thrush
It was the Louisiana water-thrush, but might have been the pipes of Pan, so wild and woodland was it.In the Open
Stanton Davis Kirkham
Water-wagtail, small, or water-thrush (Seiurus noveboracensis).Locusts and Wild Honey
Another bird which has interested me here is the Louisiana water-thrush, called also large-billed water-thrush, and water-wagtail.
It proved to be the small, or Northern, water-thrush (called also the New York water-thrush)—a new bird to me.
It proved to be the small, or northern, water-thrush (called also the New York water-thrush),—a new bird to me.A Year in the Fields
- either of two North American warblers, Seiurus motacilla or S. noveboracensis, having a brownish back and striped underparts and tending to occur near water
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