songbird

Etymology

song + bird

noun

  1. A bird having a melodious song or call.
    Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard 1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!
  2. Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus

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