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Noun: ovenbird  'ú-vun,burd
  1. American warbler; builds a dome-shaped nest on the ground
    - Seiurus aurocapillus
     
  2. Small brownish South American birds that build oven-shaped clay nests

Derived forms: ovenbirds

Type of: New World warbler, tyrannid, wood warbler

Part of: Furnarius, genus Furnarius, genus Seiurus, Seiurus

Encyclopedia: Ovenbird