missel bird

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missel bird - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Missel \Mis"sel\, n.
     Mistletoe. [Obs.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Missel bird, Missel thrush (Zool.), a large European
        thrush (Turdus viscivorus) which feeds on the berries of
        the mistletoe; -- called also mistletoe thrush and
        missel.
        [1913 Webster]