Meaning of Catbird | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.
2. Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
3. A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.

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Examples

“The catbird’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal "had got bewildered in the branches".”

“I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].”

“The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for.”

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