songbird
English
Etymology
song + bird
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈsɑŋˌbɝd/
Noun
songbird (plural songbirds)
- A bird having a melodious song or call.
- 1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!
- Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
- 1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!
- Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus
- Synonym: oscine
Hyponyms
- songster (male), songstress (female)
Translations
bird
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Anagrams
- Birdsong, bird song, birdsong