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cat⋅bird

  [kat-burd]
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–noun
any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, esp. Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird), of North America.
Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; cat1 + bird
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cat·bird   (kāt'bûrd')   
n.  A North American songbird (Dumetella carolinensis) having predominantly slate plumage.

[From the resemblance of one of its calls to the mewing of a cat.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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