English noun: catbird |
1. | catbird (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | oscine, oscine bird |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird, Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird |
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| Member meronym | family Ptilonorhynchidae, Ptilonorhynchidae |
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2. | catbird (animal) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | oscine, oscine bird |
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| Member meronym | Dumetella, genus Dumetella |
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