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songbirds

songbirds is the plural of songbird.

Meaning of songbird

Noun

songbird (plural songbirds)

  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 heard1976, Electric Light Orchestra, Rockaria!
  2. Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus.
    Synonyms:
    oscine
  3. (broadly, idiomatic) A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice.

Questions about songbirds

What is songbirds the plural of?
Songbirds is the plural of songbird.

Words near songbirds in the dictionary

  1. song-and-dance man
  2. song-craft
  3. Songbei
  4. songbird
  5. songbirdlike
  6. songbirds
  7. songbook
  8. songbooks
  9. Songbu
  10. songbun
  11. songburst

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