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catbird
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun catbird has 2 senses
- catbird(n = noun.animal) bowerbird - any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
- catbird(n = noun.animal) dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird, grey catbird - North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing; Array is a kind of oscine, oscine bird
is a member of family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae
has particulars: ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird, chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird
is a member of dumetella, genus dumetella
CIDE DICTIONARY
catbird, 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. [1913 Webster]
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