merlette

Etymology


From Late, from (from  + ), or from  (from —formerly a feminine noun) +. Merle is from, from.

Noun

 * 1)  In French heraldry, a depiction of a mythological bird without beak or feet.

Etymology
From, the word for the male blackbird being mostly female until the 16th century (a male: "une merle", a little male: "une merlette").

Meaning 2 (hen blackbird) appears in 1842.

Noun

 * 1)  the
 * 2) female blackbird