BLACKBIRD: значение слова

[ˈblækbə:d]
сущ. черный дрозд

(зоология) дрозд черный (Turdus merula) негр или другой темнокожий невольник

blackbird черный дрозд

I. noun
Date: 14th century
any of various birds of which the males are largely or entirely black: as, a common thrush ( Turdus merula ) of Eurasia and northern Africa having an orange bill and eye rim, any of several American oscine birds (family Icteridae), a Pacific islander kidnapped for use as a plantation laborer,

II. intransitive verb
Date: circa 1873
to engage in the slave trade especially in the South Pacific