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Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
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ovenbird
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ovenbird \Ov"en*bird`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any species of the genus Furnarius , allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests. In the United States, Seiurus aurocapillus ; -- called also golden-crowned ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground [syn: Seiurus aurocapillus ] small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The ovenbird ( Seiurus aurocapilla ) is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America, many Caribbean Islands, Florida, and northern Venezuela.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any of several birds 2 # (context British English) Any of several small birds that build dome-shaped nests; the long-tailed tit, willow warbler and chiffchaff 3 # (context US English) A warbler, ''Seiurus auricapillus'', that builds such a nest of ...
Usage examples of ovenbird.
They could hear ovenbirds and protho-notary warblers singing in the woods, but apart from that the air was curiously still, as if their intrusion into the grounds of Le Reposoir had been noticed by nature at large, and a general breath was being held until they were discovered.