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