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OVENBIRD

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

• OVENBIRD (noun)

Sense 1

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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

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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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