Ovenbird

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several birds:; Originally, any of several small European birds that build dome-shaped nests; such as the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff.
  2. 2
    small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of several birds:; An American warbler, Seiurus aurocapilla, that builds such a nest of vegetation.
  4. 4
    American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground wordnet
  5. 5
    Any of several birds:; Any bird of the Central and South America family Furnariidae.

Etymology

From oven + bird, from the shape of the nest.

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