Meaning of CATBIRD
| Pronunciation: | | 'kat`burd
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- [n] North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
- [n] any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
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| | Synonyms: | | bowerbird, Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird |
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| | See Also: | | Chlamydera nuchalis, Dumetella, family Ptilonorhynchidae, genus Dumetella, great bowerbird, oscine, oscine bird, Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Cat"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American bird ({Galeoscoptes Carolinensis}), allied to the
mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
the mewing of a cat.
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