| catbird |
| catbird | (n) North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing, Syn. gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, grey catbird |
| bowerbird | (n) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females, Syn. catbird |
| Catbird | n. (Zool.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ] |
