teacher bird
noun
the ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, a songbird that builds a nest shaped like a dome.
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Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
Origin of teacher bird
1930–35, Americanism;teacher fancifully representing the bird's note
Words nearby teacher bird
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