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单词 catbird
释义

catbird

/ˈkatbəːd /
noun
1A long-tailed American songbird of the mockingbird family, with mainly dark grey or black plumage and catlike mewing calls.
  • Two genera and species, family Mimidae.
Not only is the Cape flush with cardinals, towhees, mockingbirds, catbirds, goldfinches and woodpeckers, its birds of the shore entice many a visitor here....
  • We saw lots of catbirds, blackbirds, mockingbirds, cardinals, crows, and grackles.
  • Although first cousin to the melodious mockingbird, a catbird's song is seldom musical.
2A thickset Australasian bird of the bowerbird family, having a loud call like a yowling cat.
  • Genus Ailuroedus (and Scenopoeetes), family Ptilonorhynchidae: several species.

Phrases

in the catbird seat

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