song·bird

(sông′bûrd′, sŏng′-)

1. A bird having a melodious song or call.

2. Any of various birds of the suborder Passeri (formerly Oscines) of passerine birds, having a syrinx with musculature that allows for the production and learning of complicated songs; an oscine.

3. A woman singer with a pleasing voice.

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songbird

(ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd)

1. (Animals) any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines, having highly developed vocal organs and, in most, a musical call.

2. (Animals) any bird having a musical call

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song•bird

(ˈsɔŋˌbɜrd, ˈsɒŋ-)

n.

1. a bird that sings.

2. any passerine bird.

3. Slang. a woman vocalist.

[1765–75]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

songbird - any bird having a musical call

songster

oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus

songbird

noun

Related words
adjective oscine

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Translations

طائِر مُغَرِّد

pěveczpěvavý pták

sangfugl

Singvogel

énekesmadár

söngfugl

uccello canoro

sangfugl

ötücü kuş

鸣禽

songbird

[ˈsɒŋbɜːd] N → pájaro m cantor

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

songbird

song bird [ˈsɒŋbɜː^rd] n → oiseau m chanteur

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

songbird

[ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd] n → uccello canoro

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

song

(soŋ) noun

1. something (to be) sung. He wrote this song for his wife to sing.

2. singing. He burst into song.

3. the sound(s) made by a bird. birdsong.

ˈsongbird noun

any of the types of bird which have a pleasant song.

ˈsongwriter noun

a person who writes songs (usually pop songs) for a living.

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References in classic literature

As a hawk dives for a songbird on the wing, so this great, human bird dived for Bradley.

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I think there is nothing more pathetic than to see one of these poor old childless couples taking a menagerie of yelping little worthless dogs to their hearts; and then adding some cursing and squawking parrots and a jackass-voiced macaw; and next a couple of hundred screeching songbirds, and presently some fetid guinea pigs and rabbits, and a howling colony of cats.

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BlackRock has agreed to rent Drapers Gardens, a 14-floor building in the Bank conservation area comprising 292,418 sq ft of office space, from landlord Songbird Estates Plc (SBD.LN).

BlackRock leases building to house London operations

Following publication of the results of the share offering by Songbird Estates, Qatar Holding has confirmed that it has taken up its rights to 24 per cent of the ordinary shares issued.

Qatar Holding leads successful capital raising of Canary Wharf-owner Songbird

"The Songbird in my Heart: The Magnificence of Being" is a unique blend of poetry, nature photography, and inspiration.

The Songbird in My Heart

Songbird Estates rents space to a raft of banking giants - including Lehman Brothers, the US headquartered group which last week filed for bankruptcy protection in a dramatic turn of events.

Canary Wharf takes EUR470m hit with tenants short on cash; PROPERTY

Songbird journeys; four seasons in the lives of migratory birds.

Songbird journeys; four seasons in the lives of migratory birds

But the gold medal for the longest migration flight doesn't belong to a songbird. Instead, it rests with a small seabird called the sooty shearwater.

A seabird's endless summer

"It is one of only a handful of ecological systems that's still largely untouched and unfragmented by humans," says Jeff Wells, a scientist at the Boreal Songbird Initiative in Seattle, Washington.

Vanishing forest: a northern forest is disappearing at a rapid pace--that spells trouble for billions of animals

This past April, singers Danny O' Keefe, Bonnie Raitt, John Mayer and Marta Gomez held a special Benefit Concert for The Songbird Foundation during the duration of the recent SCAA Conference & Tradeshow in Boston.

Singing for sustainable coffee

Songbird Hearing, Inc., introduces the Songbird[TM] Digital Disposable Hearing Aid.

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