mavis

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: Ma=vis

CIDE DICTIONARY

mavis, n. [F. mauvis, Arm. milvid, milfid, milc'hhouid, Corn. melhuez.].

 The European throstle or song thrush (Turdus musicus).  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mavis, n. poet. or dial. a song thrush.

Etymology

ME f. OF mauvis, of uncert. orig.

ROGET THESAURUS

mavis

Musician

N musician, artiste, performer, player, minstrel, bard, accompanist, accordionist, instrumentalist, organist, pianist, violinist, flautist, harper, fiddler, fifer, trumpeter, piper, drummer, catgut scraper, band, orchestral waits, vocalist, melodist, singer, warbler, songster, chaunter, chauntress, songstress, cantatrice, choir, quire, chorister, chorus, chorus singer, liedertafel, nightingale, philomel, thrush, siren, bulbul, mavis, Pierides, sacred nine, Orpheus, Apollo, the Muses Erato, Euterpe, Terpsichore, tuneful nine, tuneful quire, composer, performance, execution, touch, expression, solmization, playing, musical, adagio, andante.