Definition of Gray catbird

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

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gray Catbird

gravy trains
gravyless
gravylike
grawlix
grawlixes
gray-collar
gray-haired
gray-headed
gray-leaf pine
gray-scale ultrasonography
gray alder
gray area
gray areas
gray birch
gray cataract
gray catbird (current term)
gray collar
gray collie syndrome
gray columns
gray degeneration
gray eminence
gray fibres
gray flounder
gray fox
gray goldenrod
gray hat
gray hats
gray hen
gray hepatisation
gray induration

Literary usage of Gray catbird

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

1. Birds of North America by Jim Roetzel (2007)
"TUFTED TITMOUSE (top) Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio gray catbird (bottom, ... Observed from southwestern Canada to Florida, the gray catbird makes its ..."

2. Geology of Wisconsin: Survey of 1873-1879 by Wisconsin Chief Geologist (1883)
"GRAY. CATBIRD. GROUP II. CLASS b. Known to almost everybody, looked upon by children as a peevish, snarling bird, and regarded by the farmer and gardener as ..."

3. Report of the Secretary for Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1863)
"... (Linn.,) Gray, catbird. Summer resident, abundant; omnivorous. This songster, which rivals even the mocking bird itself, and feeds during a large part ..."

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