Townsend's solitaire

Townsend's solitaire
Town′send's sol′itaire
[[t]ˈtaʊn zəndz[/t]] n.
orn a gray, slender-billed thrush, Myadestes townsendi, of W North America, with a white eye-ring and buff-colored wing patches
Etymology: 1885–90, amer.; after John Kirk Townsend (1809–51), U.S. ornithologist

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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