ALL meanings of catbird
cat·bird
C c - noun catbird any of several North American songbirds of the family Mimidae (mockingbirds), esp Dumetella carolinensis, whose call resembles the mewing of a cat 3
- noun catbird any of several Australian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes, having a catlike call 3
- noun catbird a slate-gray North American passerine bird (Dumetella carolinensis) with a black crown and tail: it makes a mewing sound like that of a cat and is in the same family (Mimidae) as the mockingbirds and thrashers 3
- noun catbird any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America. 1
- noun catbird A long- tailed American songbird of the mockingbird family, with mainly dark gray or black plumage and catlike calls. 1
- noun catbird Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris. 0
- noun catbird Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopooetes. 0
- noun catbird A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri. 0