catbird

Noun	1.	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 gray-green Chlamydera nuchalis, great bowerbird - large bowerbird of northern Australia
	2.	catbird - North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing Dumetella carolinensis, gray catbird oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus Dumetella, genus Dumetella - catbirds

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