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CATBIRD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
Synonyms:
catbird; Dumetella carolinensis; gray catbird; grey catbird
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("catbird" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Holonyms ("catbird" is a member of...):
Dumetella; genus Dumetella (catbirds)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
Synonyms:
bowerbird; catbird
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("catbird" is a kind of...):
oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catbird"):
Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird (of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green)
Chlamydera nuchalis; great bowerbird (large bowerbird of northern Australia)
Holonyms ("catbird" is a member of...):
family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)