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CATBIRD
catbird, grey catbird, gray catbird, Dumetella carolinensis
(noun) North American songbird whose call resembles a cat’s mewing
bowerbird, catbird
(noun) any of various birds of the Australian region whose males build ornamented structures resembling bowers in order to attract females
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
catbird (plural catbirds)
Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris.
Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes.
A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri.
Source: Wiktionary
Cat"bird, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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