OVENBIRD


Meaning of OVENBIRD in English

n.

Pronunciation: - ˌ b ə rd

Function: noun

Etymology: from the shape of its nest

Date: circa 1825

1 : any of various chiefly So. American small brown passerine birds (family Furnariidae, especially genus Furnarius )

2 : an American warbler ( Seiurus aurocapillus ) that builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground

ovenbird

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