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    CATBIRD

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewingplay

    Synonyms:

    catbird; Dumetella carolinensis; gray catbird; grey catbird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("catbird" is a kind of...):

    oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

    Holonyms ("catbird" is a member of...):

    Dumetella; genus Dumetella (catbirds)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract femalesplay

    Synonyms:

    bowerbird; catbird

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("catbird" is a kind of...):

    oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "catbird"):

    Ptilonorhynchus violaceus; satin bird; satin bowerbird (of southeast Australia; male is glossy violet blue; female is light grey-green)

    Chlamydera nuchalis; great bowerbird (large bowerbird of northern Australia)

    Holonyms ("catbird" is a member of...):

    family Ptilonorhynchidae; Ptilonorhynchidae (bowerbirds)

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