Found 2 items, similar to catbird.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: catbird
catbird
n 1: any of various birds of the Australian region whose males
build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order
to attract females [syn:
bowerbird]
2: North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
[syn:
gray catbird,
Dumetella carolinensis]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Catbird
Catbird
\Cat"bird\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American bird (
Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the
mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of
other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times
the mewing of a cat.
[1913 Webster]