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Thrush

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Noun

1. thrush

candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

2. thrush

a woman who sings popular songs

3. thrush

songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Thrush

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noun
any songbird of the subfamily Turdinae, esp those having a brown plumage with a spotted breast, such as the mistle thrush and song thrush: family Muscicapidae
Compare water thrush ▶ Related adjective: turdine
noun
1. 
a. 
a fungal disease of the mouth, esp of infants, and the genitals, characterized by the formation of whitish spots and caused by infection with the fungus Candida albicans
b.  another word for sprue1
2. 
a softening of the frog of a horse's hoof characterized by degeneration and a thick foul discharge

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Thrush

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noun
1. 
any of a large family (Turdidae) of passerine birds, including the robin, wood thrush, and hermit thrush of North America and the song thrush and blackbird of Europe
2.  US, Slang
a woman singer of popular songs
noun
1. 
a disease, esp. of infants, caused by a fungus (genus Candida) and characterized by the formation of milky-white lesions on the mouth, lips, and throat
2. 
a disease of the frog of a horse's foot, characterized by the formation of pus

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Thrush

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n.
Any of numerous migratory songbirds of the widely distributed family Turdidae, usually having brownish upper plumage and a spotted breast and noted for a clear melodious song.
n.
1. An infection caused by a fungus, Candida albicans, that occurs most often in infants and children, characterized by small whitish eruptions on the mouth, throat, and tongue, and usually accompanied by fever, colic, and diarrhea.
2. An infection of the frog of a horse's foot, characterized by a foul-smelling discharge and often resulting from unhygienic stall conditions.

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