Turdus, turdi, m. g. Pli. A kind of birds wherof Atistotle saith there be three sorts. One of the greatuesse of a Pie, in greeke called Ixiophagon, that is, the feener on Mistelden, whyche we call a thruth. An other lesse, in Greeke Trichas. A thrussel or mauis. The thirde is verie little, in Greeke Tyla, A wing thruth. Some take it for an ousel or blackebirde.Auidus turdus. Mart. Crassus. Mart. Obesus. Hor. Edax. Hor. Vagus. Mart. Ab transenna hic turdus lumbricum petit. Plautus. Vide TRANSENNA.Subdola tenduntur crassis modò retia turdis. Mart. Turdus, Piscis. Col. Pli. A fithe liuing amoõg stones or rocks being not a foote long, and hath foure finnes, heside the hindetmost finne. It is in figure like a tenche, in coloure russet, hauing on his belly spots of purple and white.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
turdus, i, m. (collat. form turda, ae, f., Pers. 6, 24; denied by Varr. L. L. 9, 55 Müll.; cf. id. R. R. 3, 5, 6) [cf. O. H. Germ. trosca; Angl. Sax. throsle; Engl. thrush]. I.Lit., a thrush, a fieldfare, Plin. 10, 25, 36, 73; Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 15; 3, 5, 1 sq.; Col. 8, 10; Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 41; id. Epod. 2, 34; id. S. 2, 2, 74; 2, 5, 10; Mart. 13, 92, 1 al.—II.Transf., a kind of fish, a seacarp, Plin. 32, 11, 53, 151; Col. 8, 16, 8; 8, 17, 8; cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 12, 23; Quint. 8, 2, 8.