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songbird

[ sawng-burd, song- ]

noun

  1. a bird that sings.
  2. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines.
  3. Slang. a woman vocalist.


songbird

/ ˈɒŋˌɜː /

noun

  1. any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines, having highly developed vocal organs and, in most, a musical call oscine
  2. any bird having a musical call
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of songbird1

First recorded in 1765–75; song + bird
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What’s true of falcons and songbirds also applies to murder suspects.

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The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.

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“When it gets too cold, I’ll turn around. Hopefully the songbird will visit me, and I’ll have some new tunes for us soon, God bless you!”

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When news a rare American songbird had been spotted in a sleepy West Yorkshire cul-de-sac eager ornithologists converged on the quiet street faster than a falcon in free fall.

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The stocky songbird normally travels between the eastern United States and lowland South American forests twice a year.

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