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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

(Zool.)

(a)

Any species of the genus

Furnarius

, allied to the creepers. They inhabit South America and the West Indies, and construct curious oven-shaped nests.

(b)

In the United States,

Seiurus aurocapillus

; – called also

golden-crowned thrush

(c)

In England, sometimes applied to the willow warbler, and to the long-tailed titmouse.