Definition of catbird Catbird
/kæˈtbɚˌd/ - [katberd] - cat•bird
We found 7 definitions of catbird from 4 different sources.
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What does catbird mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: catbirds |
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| catbird - North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing | ||
| grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| catbird - any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females | ||
| bowerbird | ||
| oscine, oscine bird passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus | ||
| family ptilonorhynchidae, ptilonorhynchidae bowerbirds | ||
| ptilonorhynchus violaceus, satin bird, satin bowerbird of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green | ||
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Wiktionary 
- catbird (Noun)
Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird and the black catbird . - catbird (Noun)
Either of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopooetes. - catbird (Noun)
A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- catbird (n.)
An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.
Part of speech
🔤- catbird, noun, singular of catbirds.
