thrush

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

2 a woman who sings popular songs

3 songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

English

Pronunciation

• /θɹɐʃ/

• Rhymes: -ʌʃ

Noun

1. One of several species of songbirds of the family Turdidae, often with spotted underbellies such as the bluebird, nightingale, and robin.
2. The common name for the fungal infection candidiasis.
3. A woman who sings popular songs.

Translations

• Albanian: mullenjë f
• Bosnian: drozd (1), ustobolja (2)
• Chinese: 画眉鸟 (huameiniao)
• Croatian: drozd m
• Czech: drozd m
• Dutch: lijster(1), spruw(2)
• Esperanto: turdo
• Finnish: rastas
• French: tourd m
• German: Drossel f (1)
• Hungarian: rigó (1), szájpenész (2)
• Interlingua: turdo
• Italian: tordo
• Japanese: つぐみ
• Latin: turdus m
• Lithuanian: strazdas
• Low Saxon: Drooßel
• Polish: drozd m
• Portuguese: tordo
• Romanian: sturz m
• Serbian: drozd, drozak (1), mlečica, ustobolja (2)
• Slovene: drozg (1)
• Spanish: tordo , mirlo , zorzal
• Volapük: turd, musigaturd

See also

• candida
• turdiform

Thrush may refer to:

• Various small birds:
  • Thrush (bird), any of the many birds in the Turdidae family
  • Shrike-thrush, any of the several birds in the Colluricinclidae family
  • Waterthrush, either of two New World warblers within the family Parulidae
  • Quail-thrush, any of the three birds in the Cinclosoma genus, in the Cinclosomatidae family
  • Antthrush, any of a group of birds within the Formicariidae family
• Thrush, Candidiasis, a fungal infection of the mouth, vagina or penis
• Thrush Aircraft, US aircraft manufacturer
• THRUSH, fictional criminal organization in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
• Thrush, an informal term for a female singer
• Thrush (muffler), a manufacturer of automotive mufflers (silencers)
• Thrush (punk band), a UK Scum Punk band formed in 2006
• Thrush (horse), a bacterial infection of the underneath of a horse's hoof

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