catbird

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.

   “The catbird’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal "had got bewildered in the branches".”

2. isim Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.

   “The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for.”

3. isim A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.