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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Catbird \Cat"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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