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
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Etymology
Origin of songbird
Example Sentences
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Outside his door, an 8-by-12-foot American flag snapped loudly in the wind whipping through his Dixon neighborhood, down streets named Songbird, Honeybee and Blossom.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2025
With a gleeful toss of her golden mane, the Songbird Supreme belts out in the most exultant alto soprano, "It's t-i-i-i-i-i-i-me!"
From Salon • Dec. 20, 2022
McVie's tracks included Don't Stop, Songbird and You Make Loving Fun, which showcased her ability to craft sublime choruses and lyrics that were disarmingly simple but always sincere.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2022
He and his wife ran Songbird, a company that produced African American historical revues, including the musical “Shades of Harlem,” which was staged Off Broadway at the Village Gate in 1983.
From New York Times • Jul. 12, 2022
"And that you met a man there named Blackie Crowden," broke in Songbird, quickly.
From The Rover Boys on a Tour or Last Days at Brill College by Stratemeyer, Edward
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