gray catbird


noun

See under catbird.

Definition for gray catbird (2 of 2)

catbird
[ kat-burd ]
/ ˈkætˌbɜrd /

noun

any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird), of North America.

Origin of catbird

An Americanism dating back to 1700–10; cat + bird

British Dictionary definitions for gray catbird

catbird
/ (ˈkætˌbɜːd) /

noun

any of several North American songbirds of the family Mimidae (mockingbirds), esp Dumetella carolinensis, whose call resembles the mewing of a cat
any of several Australian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes, having a catlike call