catbird Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
bowerbird.
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noun North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
gray catbird; Dumetella carolinensis; grey catbird.
WordNet
Cat"bird noun
Definitions
(Zoöl.) 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.
