gray catbird

gray catbird

noun
See under catbird.
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cat·bird

[kat-burd]
noun
any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird), of North America.

Origin:
1700–10, Americanism; cat1 + bird
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gray catbird

noun
North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing [syn: catbird
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