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catbird /ˈkatbəːd /noun1A long-tailed American songbird of the mockingbird family, with mainly dark grey or black plumage and catlike mewing calls.- Two genera and species, family Mimidae.
Not only is the Cape flush with cardinals, towhees, mockingbirds, catbirds, goldfinches and woodpeckers, its birds of the shore entice many a visitor here....- We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles.
- Although first cousin to the melodious mockingbird, a catbird's song is seldom musical.
2A thickset Australasian bird of the bowerbird family, having a loud call like a yowling cat.- Genus Ailuroedus (and Scenopoeetes), family Ptilonorhynchidae: several species.
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