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Merle (given name) Merle is a given name used by both men and women, from the French word ''merle'' meaning blackbird (from the Latin ''merula'').. Related names are ''Merrill'' or '' Muriel''. People Female * Merle Barwis (1900–2014), American-Canadian supercen ...

, a given name used by both men and women *

Merle (surname) Merle is the surname of: *Carole Merle (born 1964), French former alpine skier *Foulques du Merle (died 1314), Marshal of France *Frank Merle (mathematician) (born 1962), French mathematician * Georges Merle (1851–1886), French painter *Guy du Me ...

, a surname of French origin

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Merle (dog coat) Merle is a genetic pattern that can be in a dog's coat. Merle comes in different colors and patterns and can affect all coat colors. The merle gene creates mottled patches of color in a solid or piebald coat, blue or odd-colored eyes, and can ...

, a pattern in dogs’ coats *

Merle (grape) Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of ''merle'', the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the c ...

, another name for the wine grape Merlot *

Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle The Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle is a single-place glider aircraft that was designed and built in Germany from 1938. Development The Mü17 Merle (a.k.a. ‘Aerostat’ or ‘Kleiderbügel’) is the oldest Akaflieg design still flying with the ...

, a German glider originally built in 1938 for the 1940 Olympics gliding competition * MS ''Phocine'', a ferry formerly named MS ''Merle'' *

Merle's Tune Merle's Tune is a hymn tune composed by American composer Hal Hopson Hal H. Hopson (born 12 June 1933) is a full-time composer and church musician residing in Cedar Park, Texas. He has over 3000 published works, which comprise almost every musi ...

, a hymn tune composed by Hal Hopson in 1983 *A Crusader fort near

Tantura Tantura ( ar, الطنطورة, ''al-Tantura'', lit. ''The Peak''; Hebrew and Phoenician: דור, ''Dor'') was a Palestinian Arab fishing village located northwest of Zikhron Ya'akov on the Mediterranean coast of Israel. Near the village, lies ...

on the coast of Israel *The French name for the

common blackbird The common blackbird (''Turdus merula'') is a species of true thrush. It is also called the Eurasian blackbird (especially in North America, to distinguish it from the unrelated New World blackbirds), or simply the blackbird where this does not ...

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