/ English Dictionary |
COWBIRD
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cowbird" is a kind of...):
blackbird; New World blackbird (any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black)
Holonyms ("cowbird" is a member of...):
genus Molothrus; Molothrus (cowbirds)