Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A thrushlike warbler (Seiurus aurocapilla) of the Americas, having a loud call and characteristically building a domed, oven-shaped nest on the ground.
- noun Any of various South American birds of the family Furnariidae, especially of the genus Furnarius.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The golden-crowned thrush, Siurus auricapillus, an oscine passerine bird of the family Mniotiltidæ: so called from the fact that its nest is arched or roofed over like an oven.
- noun Any bird of the South American family Furnariidæ, which builds a domed or oven-like nest. See cut under
Furnarius . - noun The long-tailed titmouse, Acredula rosea.
- noun The willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus. Also called
ground-oven and oven-tit.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any species of the genus Furnarius, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests.
- noun In the United States,
Seiurus aurocapillus ; -- called alsogolden-crowned thrush . - noun In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of several
birds
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
- noun small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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According to Dr Deanna Dawson of the US Geological Survey the ovenbird was the ideal species for testing out the new method.
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According to Dr Deanna Dawson of the US Geological Survey the ovenbird was the ideal species for testing out the new method.
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Dr Deanna Dawson of the US Geological Survey (USGS) said that the ovenbird was the ideal species for testing out the new method.
unknown title 2009
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The mixed mesophytic forest in coves supports a large variety of nesting birds, including the wood thrush, ovenbird, summer tanager, rose-breasted grosbeak, and all the other species already named.
Central Appalachian Broadleaf Forest - Coniferous Forest - Meadow Province (Bailey) 2009
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Similarly, western bird species such as the western flycatcher and the western tanager are at the eastern limits of their range in the Black Hills; they share habitats with eastern bird species, such as the ovenbird and indigo bunting.
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Evolution of the ovenbird-woodcreeper assemblage (Aves: Furnariidae) – major shifts in nest architecture and adaptive radiation.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Tripophaga (=Phacellodomus) berlepschi, Russet-mantled Softtail (an ovenbird)
Who Was Berlepsch? John L. Trapp 2006
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The thickly grassed hillside sloped down in front of me to a belt of forest from which rose the golden, leisurely chiming of the wood thrushes, chanting their vespers; through the still air came the warble of vireo and tanager; and after nightfall we heard the flight song of an ovenbird from the same belt of timber.
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The thickly grassed hillside sloped down in front of me to a belt of forest from which rose the golden, leisurely chiming of the wood thrushes, chanting their vespers; through the still air came the warble of vireo and tanager; and after nightfall we heard the flight song of an ovenbird from the same belt of timber.
An Autobiography Roosevelt, Theodore 1913
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The vireos, the cardinal and the tanager add to the brilliancy and the ovenbird and veery to the melody.
Some Spring Days in Iowa Frederick John Lazell 1905
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