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
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
10 May 2025
(verb) declare (a dead person) to be blessed; the first step of achieving sainthood; “On Sunday, the martyr will be beatified by the Vatican”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
