ovenbird (redirected from ovenbirds)

ov·en·bird  (vn-bûrd)

n.

1. A thrushlike North American warbler (Seiurus aurocapillus) having a shrill call and characteristically building a domed, oven-shaped nest on the ground. Also called teacher bird.

2. Any of various South American birds of the family Furnariidae, especially of the genus Furnarius.

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[From its oven-shaped nest.]

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ovenbird [ˈʌv^ənˌbɜːd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of numerous small brownish South American passerine birds of the family Furnariidae that build oven-shaped clay nests

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a common North American warbler, Seiurus aurocapillus, that has an olive-brown striped plumage with an orange crown and builds a cup-shaped nest on the ground

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ovenbird - American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground Seiurus aurocapillus New World warbler, wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song genus Seiurus, Seiurus - ovenbirds and water thrushes
	2.	ovenbird - small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests tyrannid - a passerine bird of the suborder Tyranni Furnarius, genus Furnarius - type genus of the family Furnariidae: ovenbirds