Catbird

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zool.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  catbird
       n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males
            build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order
            to attract females [syn: {bowerbird}]
       2: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
          [syn: {gray catbird}, {Dumetella carolinensis}]