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Rarecatbird
The correct spelling is catbird.
How to pronounce catbird
noun
IPA: /ˈkatbəːd/
Say it like: Cat-bir-d
The correct spelling is catbird. Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
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Definition
noun
- 1.Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
- 2.Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
- 3.A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
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