cat-bird

A form of catbird — An American passerine bird of the genera Dumetella and Melanoptila.

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Meanings

nouncat-bird (plural cat-birds)

plural cat-birds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of catbird.

    What is it I hear across the road? It sounds like the thrush, and the red-bird, and the cat-bird, all singing at once?

    1895, Forrest Crissey, The Young Newspaper Scout, page 33
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APA

cat-bird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-bird

MLA

“cat-bird.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-bird. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cat-bird,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cat-bird.

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