Definitions for ovenbirdˈʌv ənˌbɜrd
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
ov•en•birdˈʌv ənˌbɜrd(n.)
a North American wood warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that builds an oven-shaped nest on the forest floor.
Category: Ornithology
any of numerous suboscine songbirds of the family Furnariidae, ranging from S Mexico through South America, some species of which build an oven-shaped nest.
Category: Ornithology
Origin of ovenbird:
1815–25
Princeton's WordNet
ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus(noun)
American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
ovenbird(noun)
small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
Wiktionary
ovenbird(Noun)
Any of several birds
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