Definitions of catbird
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North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
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synonyms:
Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird, grey catbird
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type of:
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oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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oscine, oscine bird
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any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
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synonyms:
bowerbird
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types:
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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird
of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green
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Chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird
large bowerbird of northern Australia
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type of:
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oscine, oscine bird
passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus
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Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird
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