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OVENBIRD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ovenbird mean?
• OVENBIRD (noun)
The noun OVENBIRD has 2 senses:
1. American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
2. small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
Familiarity information: OVENBIRD used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapillus
Hypernyms ("ovenbird" is a kind of...):
New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)
Holonyms ("ovenbird" is a member of...):
genus Seiurus; Seiurus (ovenbirds and water thrushes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("ovenbird" is a kind of...):
tyrannid (a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni)
Holonyms ("ovenbird" is a member of...):
Furnarius; genus Furnarius (type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds)
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