chickadee

chick·a·dee

C0286100 (chĭk′ə-dē′)n. Any of several small plump North American birds of the genus Poecile, having predominantly gray plumage and a dark crown.

[Imitative of its call.]

chickadee

(ˈtʃɪkəˌdiː) n (Animals) any of various small North American songbirds of the genus Parus, such as P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), typically having grey-and-black plumage: family Paridae (titmice)[C19: imitative of its note]

chick•a•dee

(ˈtʃɪk əˌdi)

n. any of various North American birds of the genus Parus, of the titmouse family, with white cheeks and a dark-colored throat and cap. [1820–30; imitative]

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chickadee - any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North Americatitmouse, tit - small insectivorous birdsgenus Parus, Parus - type genus of the family Paridaeblack-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus, blackcap - chickadee having a dark crownCarolina chickadee, Parus carolinensis - southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller

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chickadee

(chĭk`ədē'), small North American bird of the titmousetitmouse,
common name for members of the Paridae, a family of passerine birds, which includes the tits, titmice, and chickadees. They are small, active birds with short, pointed bills and strong legs.
..... Click the link for more information. family. The black-capped chickadee (Parus atricapillus), lively and gregarious, is a permanent resident over most of its range in the East. Both sexes have black caps, gray backs and wings, and fluffy white to buff underparts. They often swing upside down from branch tips, searching for the insects that form more than half their diet. Their call note gives the bird its name. Other species are the Carolina, the boreal, or brown-capped (of the Northeast), and the western chestnut-backed chickadees. Chickadees are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Paridae.

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noun any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America

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