teacher bird

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noun

the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.

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Origin of teacher bird

1930–35, Americanism;teacher fancifully representing the bird's note

Words nearby teacher bird

teachable moment, teach a lesson, teach an old dog new tricks, teacher, teacherage, teacher bird, teacherly, teachers' centre, teachers college, teacher's pet, teach-in

How to use teacher bird in a sentence

Indeed, every teacher is expected to be a Muslim by birth or conversion.
Houellebecq’s Incendiary Novel Imagines France With a Muslim President|Pierre Assouline|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She completed a yoga teacher-training program and, in the spring of 2008, went on a retreat in Peru to study with shamans.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Although Huckabee's condescending tone - like that of an elementary school history teacher - makes it difficult to take seriously.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It would be like if after the 40th pipe in Flappy Bird was a scarecrow.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art|Alec Kubas-Meyer|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

While the chicken today might be the least exotic bird one can think of, it was once a gift that wowed kings.
The History of the Chicken: How This Humble Bird Saved Humanity|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Fourteen genera, representing about 19 species, of Mallophaga are reported for 20 different species of bird hosts.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
The grass had a delightful fragrance, like new-mown hay, and was neatly wound around the tunnel, like the inside of a bird's-nest.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
Many of his bird neighbors,p. 31 for instance, liked the same things to eat that he did.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Although the bird people didn't know it, he was anxious to reach his grandchildren.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey