OVENBIRD


Meaning of OVENBIRD in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌbərd ]

noun

Etymology: from the shape of its nest

Date: circa 1825

1. : any of various chiefly South 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

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