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OVENBIRD

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground

Synonyms:

ovenbird; Seiurus aurocapillus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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