Catbird

//ˈkatbɜːd// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.

    "The catbird’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal "had got bewildered in the branches"."

  2. 2
    North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.

    "The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for."

  4. 4
    any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females wordnet
  5. 5
    A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.

Etymology

From cat + bird, because its cry is said to resemble that of a cat.

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