Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cow-bird , 1.
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Examples
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The cow-blackbird, it is true, executes a certain guttural performance with its throat -- though apparently emanating from a gastric source -- which some ornithologists dignify by the name of "song."
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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Every boy who lives in the country knows the cow-bird, cow-blackbird, or cow-bunting, for it is called by all these names.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 Various 1868
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