About The Word Catbird
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Catbird
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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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