VERB + MERLE
like, name
MERLE + NOUN
haggard, miriam, oberon
noun
The Eurasian blackbird, Turdus merula.
Any blackbird.
A type of mottled coloration on dogs.
A dog having this coloration.
name
A surname from French of French origin.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
Merle Haggard is a name out of a morality play. And that's the kind of songs he sings.
noun — common black European thrush
Her name was Merle, and to her name she always said she owed the fact that Gilbert Vanborough ever looked at her.
"I wish I had a name like Merle Oberon or Miriam Hopkins," Mary Agnes said dreamily as she scanned the display of Coming Attractions.