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song⋅bird

[sawng-burd, song-]
–noun
1. a bird that sings.
2. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines.
3. Slang. a woman vocalist.

Origin:
1765–75; song + bird
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song·bird   (sông'bûrd', sŏng'-)   
n.  A bird, especially one of the suborder Oscines of passerine birds, having a melodious song or call.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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