cowbird : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: cowbird	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for cowbird
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
cowbird n North American blackbird that follows cattle and lays eggs in other birds' nests
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cowbird \Cow"bird`\ (-b[etil]rd`), n. (Zo[94]l.) The cow blackbird ({Molothrus ater}), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.