noun
1. any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
• Syn: ↑bowerbird
• Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird
• Hyponyms: ↑satin bowerbird, ↑satin bird, ↑Ptilonorhynchus violaceus, ↑great bowerbird, ↑Chlamydera nuchalis
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ptilonorhynchidae, ↑family Ptilonorhynchidae
2. North American songbird whose call resembles a cat's mewing
• Syn: ↑grey catbird, ↑gray catbird, ↑Dumetella carolinensis
• Hypernyms: ↑oscine, ↑oscine bird
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dumetella, ↑genus Dumetella
Useful english dictionary. 2012.