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grive.

thrush (bird)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡʁiv/
  1. thrush (bird)

    feminine
  2. robin (Turdus migratorius)

    Louisiana · feminine
Where this word comes from

Uncertain. Possibly from the feminine form of Old French grieu, griu, from Latin graecus (“Greek”), the thrush being a migratory bird that had hibernated in Greece.

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