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Catbird

Catbird Meaning & Definition
Catbird Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Catbird?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Catbird: bowerbird | Dumetella carolinensis | gray catbird

Related Terms | Find terms related to Catbird:

See Also | Chlamydera nuchalis | Dumetella | family Ptilonorhynchidae | genus Dumetella | great bowerbird | oscine | oscine bird | Ptilonorhynchidae | Ptilonorhynchus violaceus | satin bird | satin bowerbird

Catbird In Webster's Dictionary

\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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