catbirdn.

Brit.

/ˈkatbəːd/, U.S.

/ˈkætˌbərd/

Etymology: See quot. 1885 at sense 1a.

a. An American thrush ( Mimus carolinensis).

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Mimidae > other types of

cassiquea1618

catbird1732

1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 175 Muscicapa vertice nigro. The Cat-Bird.

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 230 I hear the whispering voice of Spring, The thrush's trill, the cat-bird's cry.

a1879 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 38 The cat-bird croons in the lilac-bush.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 4/2 The ‘cat-bird’..derives its name from its ordinary cry of alarm, which somewhat resembles the mew of a cat.

b. The name given to several species of Australian birds whose cry resembles the mewing of a cat.

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the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Ptilinorhynchidae (bower-bird) > other types of

catbird1848

1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. pl. 11 Ptilonorhynchus Smithii... Cat Bird.

1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. pl. 11 Situations suitable to the Regent and Satin Birds are equally adapted to the habits of the Cat Bird.

1887 D. Macdonald Gum Boughs 36 One of the most peculiar of birds' eggs found about the Murray is that of the locally-termed ‘cat-bird’, the shell of which is veined thickly with dark thin threads as though covered with a spider's web.

1889 R. B. Anderson tr. C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals vii. 96 The cat-bird (Ælurædus maculosus), which makes its appearance towards evening, and has a voice strikingly like the mewing of a cat.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 109/2 A second characteristic [of Queensland] is the great development of that quaint company, the Bower Birds, among them the Regent Bird, Satin Bird, Cat Birds, &c., constructors of the elaborate playgrounds which have excited so much attention.

1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 24/2 Catbird... In Australia, a name given to any of several bowerbirds, especially to Ailuroedus crassirostris, which builds no bower.

2. the catbird seat: a superior or advantageous position. U.S. slang.

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the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > advantageous position over others

start1569

head start1881

the catbird seat1942

1942 J. Thurber in 55 Short Stories from New Yorker (1949) 61 ‘Sitting in the catbird seat’ meant sitting pretty, like a batter with three balls and no strikes on him.

1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xiii. 114 ‘I get you. If we swing it, we'll be sitting pretty,’ ‘In the catbird seat.’

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	catbird
释义	catbirdn. Brit. /ˈkatbəːd/, U.S. /ˈkætˌbərd/ Etymology: See quot. 1885 at sense 1a. 1. a. An American thrush ( Mimus carolinensis). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > non-arboreal (larks, etc.) > [noun] > family Mimidae > other types of cassiquea1618 catbird1732 1732 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. 1731–2 (Royal Soc.) 37 175 Muscicapa vertice nigro. The Cat-Bird. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table viii. 230 I hear the whispering voice of Spring, The thrush's trill, the cat-bird's cry. a1879 J. R. Lowell Poet. Wks. (1879) 38 The cat-bird croons in the lilac-bush. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 May 4/2 The ‘cat-bird’..derives its name from its ordinary cry of alarm, which somewhat resembles the mew of a cat. b. The name given to several species of Australian birds whose cry resembles the mewing of a cat. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > larger song birds > [noun] > family Ptilinorhynchidae (bower-bird) > other types of catbird1848 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. pl. 11 Ptilonorhynchus Smithii... Cat Bird. 1848 J. Gould Birds Austral. IV. pl. 11 Situations suitable to the Regent and Satin Birds are equally adapted to the habits of the Cat Bird. 1887 D. Macdonald Gum Boughs 36 One of the most peculiar of birds' eggs found about the Murray is that of the locally-termed ‘cat-bird’, the shell of which is veined thickly with dark thin threads as though covered with a spider's web. 1889 R. B. Anderson tr. C. Lumholtz Among Cannibals vii. 96 The cat-bird (Ælurædus maculosus), which makes its appearance towards evening, and has a voice strikingly like the mewing of a cat. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 109/2 A second characteristic [of Queensland] is the great development of that quaint company, the Bower Birds, among them the Regent Bird, Satin Bird, Cat Birds, &c., constructors of the elaborate playgrounds which have excited so much attention. 1957 Encycl. Brit. V. 24/2 Catbird... In Australia, a name given to any of several bowerbirds, especially to Ailuroedus crassirostris, which builds no bower. 2. the catbird seat: a superior or advantageous position. U.S. slang. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > [noun] > an advantage, benefit, or favourable circumstance > advantageous position over others start1569 head start1881 the catbird seat1942 1942 J. Thurber in 55 Short Stories from New Yorker (1949) 61 ‘Sitting in the catbird seat’ meant sitting pretty, like a batter with three balls and no strikes on him. 1958 P. G. Wodehouse Cocktail Time xiii. 114 ‘I get you. If we swing it, we'll be sitting pretty,’ ‘In the catbird seat.’ This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1732
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