Songbird
/ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/ noun
noun ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A bird having a melodious song or call.
"Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard"
- 2 any bird having a musical call wordnet
- 3 Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.
- 4 A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice. broadly, idiomatic
Example
More examples"The blackbird is a well-known songbird."
Etymology
From song + bird.