catbird
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catbird
- /ˈkatbɜːd/ UK
- /ˈkatbɝd/ US
Where it comes from
From cat + bird, because its cry is said to resemble that of a cat.
noun catbirds · cat bird
- 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".
- 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.
- A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
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