ovenbird
Meanings
noun
- Any of several birds:
- Originally, any of several small European birds that build dome-shaped nests; such as the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff.
- An American warbler, Seiurus aurocapilla, that builds such a nest of vegetation.
- Any bird of the Central and South America family Furnariidae.
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From oven + bird, from the shape of the nest.
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