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Definition of Catbird
1. Noun. Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females.
Exact synonyms: Bowerbird
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae
Specialized synonyms: Ptilonorhynchus Violaceus, Satin Bird, Satin Bowerbird, Chlamydera Nuchalis, Great Bowerbird
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae
Specialized synonyms: Ptilonorhynchus Violaceus, Satin Bird, Satin Bowerbird, Chlamydera Nuchalis, Great Bowerbird
2. Noun. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.
Exact synonyms: Dumetella Carolinensis, Gray Catbird, Grey Catbird
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Dumetella, Genus Dumetella
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Dumetella, Genus Dumetella
Definition of Catbird
1. n. 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.
Definition of Catbird
1. Noun. Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird and the black catbird. ¹
2. Noun. Either of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera ''Ailuroedus'' and ''Scenopooetes''. ¹
3. Noun. A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, ''Parophasma galinieri''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catbird
1. a songbird [n -S] - See also: songbird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catbird
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