Definition of Dumetella carolinensis

1. Noun. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing.

Exact synonyms: Catbird, Gray Catbird, Grey Catbird
Generic synonyms: Oscine, Oscine Bird
Group relationships: Dumetella, Genus Dumetella

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dumetella Carolinensis

Dukes' disease
Dulcie
Dulles
Dulong-Petit law
Duluth
Duluth pack
Duluth packs
Dulux dog
Dulux dogs
Dumas
Dumasian
Dumdum fever
Dumetella
Dumetella carolinensis (current term)
Dumfries
Dumfries and Galloway
Dumontpallier's pessary
Dumpster
Dumpy level
Dumuzi
Dunajec
Dunbar
Duncan
Duncan's disease
Duncan's folds
Duncan's mechanism
Duncan's ventricle
Duncan Grant

Literary usage of Dumetella carolinensis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"Dumetella carolinensis. One February 12. They occasionally winter in Orient, confining themselves to a favored locality, as a cedar grove, or other suitable ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1909)
"Dumetella carolinensis. Toxostoma rufum. Hylocichla mustelina. Sialia sialis. Of the ten eastern birds which find the southern limit of their breeding range ..."

3. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"Dumetella carolinensis (Linn.). CATBIRD. Ads.—Crown and tail black; under tail-coverts chestnut, sometimes spotted with slaty, and rarely largely slaty; ..."

4. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Dumetella. carolinensis. Catbird. Breeds mainly in Tran. and Aust. zones from cen. BC to s. Que. and NS s. to n. Fla., e. Tex., ne. NM, n. Utah, and ne. ..."

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