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chickadee

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chick·a·dee  (chk-d)
n.
Any of several small plump North American birds of the genus Parus, having predominantly gray plumage and a dark-crowned head.
[Imitative of its call.]
chickadee [ˈtʃɪkəˌdiː]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small North American songbirds of the genus Parus, such as P. atricapillus (black-capped chickadee), typically having grey-and-black plumage: family Paridae (titmice)
[imitative of its note]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.chickadeechickadee - any of various small grey-and-black songbirds of North America
titmouse, tit - small insectivorous birds
genus Parus, Parus - type genus of the family Paridae
black-capped chickadee, Parus atricapillus, blackcap - chickadee having a dark crown
Carolina chickadee, Parus carolinensis - southern United States chickadee similar to the blackcap but smaller
Translations
chickadee [ˈtʃɪkədiː] N → carbonero m


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All day the sun has shone on the surface of some savage swamp, where the single spruce stands hung with usnea lichens, and small hawks circulate above, and the chickadee lisps amid the evergreens, and the partridge and rabbit skulk beneath; but now a more dismal and fitting day dawns, and a different race of creatures awakes to express the meaning of Nature there.
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