WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
tur•dine
(tûr′dīn, -din),USA pronunciation adj.
- Plant Biologybelonging or pertaining to the family Turdidae, comprising the true thrushes.
- Neo-Latin Turdinae subfamily name, equivalent. to Turd(us) genus name (Latin: thrush) + -inae -inae; see -ine1
- 1885–90