ovenbird Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
    Seiurus aurocapillus.
  2. noun small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests

WordNet

Ov"en*bird` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests. (b) In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus; -- called also golden-crowned thrush. (c) In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.

Webster 1913