veery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a tawny North American woodland thrush noted for its descending, flute-like song

   A veery sang from the shaded forest just before sunset.

An American bird name first recorded in the nineteenth century, probably imitative of the veery's ringing, spiraling call. The name therefore belongs to the same broad class of echoic bird names as chickadee and whippoorwill.

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