THRUSH, noun 1. A bird, a species of Turdus, the largest of the genus; the Turdus viscivorus or missel-bird. 2. An affection of the inflammatory and suppurating kind, in the feet of the horse and some other animals. In the horse it is in the frog. 3. In medicine, (Latin apthoe, ) ulcers in the mouth and fauces.
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