"catbird" meaning in English

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      "word": "catbird seat"
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  "etymology_text": "From cat + bird, because its cry is said to resemble that of a cat.",
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          "ref": "1832, Sharon Turner, The Sacred History of the World:",
          "text": "The catbird’s note exactly resembles the voice of a kitten, that a stranger to it would instantly conclude that such an animal \"had got bewildered in the branches\".",
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          "ref": "1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage, published 2004, page 200:",
          "text": "I recall a catbird high in the water oak above, swinging like a rag amid the branches, jabbering and screeching [...].",
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        "Either of two species of American mockingbird relatives, the grey catbird, Dumetella carolinensis, and the black catbird, Melanoptila glabrirostris."
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          "ref": "1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 185:",
          "text": "The cat bird had a forlorn cry, like a whimpering child or the animal it is named for.",
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        "Any of four species of Australasian bowerbirds of the genera Ailuroedus and Scenopoeetes."
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        "A babbler-like bird from eastern Africa, Parophasma galinieri."
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      "ipa": "/ˈkatbɜːd/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈkatbɜːd/",
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