noun
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any passerine bird of the suborder Oscines, having highly developed vocal organs and, in most, a musical call
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any bird having a musical call
Etymology
Origin of songbird
Example Sentences
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For example, researchers can randomly assign plots of forest to receive nest boxes in order to test whether they help songbird populations grow.
From Slate • Apr. 28, 2026
The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
As a small-scale songbird rehabilitator I am not equipped, for instance, to take on a pileated woodpecker, which can smash its way out of any enclosure not made of steel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
As legend has it, rubbing a ticket on the songbird figurine inside the store will increase the purchaser’s chance of cashing out.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025
He hadn’t reckoned the man for a songbird.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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