Crossword-Solution: COWBIRD
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Cowbird | n. | 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. |
We have 20 clues for the answer “COWBIRD”
| Clue | Answers |
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| It lays its eggs in others' nests | 1 answer |
| It builds no nests | 1 answer |
| Herd-following nester | 1 answer |
| Follower of grazing cattle | 1 answer |
| Brown-headed nest appropriator | 1 answer |
| A mutant from beyond your imagination! | 1 answer |
| hangnest | 4 answers |
| troupial | 4 answers |
| PURSE-nesting bird | 5 answers |
| BIRD with purse-like nest | 5 answers |
| AMERICAN passerine bird | 6 answers |
| Oriole | 7 answers |
| North American songbird | 8 answers |
| A MUTANT FROM BEYOND YOUR | 10 answers |
| A HEN THAT LAYS EGGS | 10 answers |
| A MAMMAL THAT LAYS EGGS | 10 answers |
| bobolink | 10 answers |
| CELEBES MEGAPODE THAT LAYS EGGS IN HOLES IN SANDY BEACHES | 10 answers |
| NORTH American bird | 48 answers |
| American bird | 51 answers |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
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Hint 2 anagram
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Sentences with COWBIRD (5)
They're all related to Redwing the Blackbird, and Sally Sly the Cowbird belongs in the same family.” Peter gasped.
Redwing and Sally Sly the Cowbird, though she was smaller, ran across the path in front of him and then flew up to the top of a last year's mullein stalk.
She isn't quite as bad as Sally Sly the Cowbird, for she does sit on those eggs and she is a good mother.
Cuckoo is no better than Sally Sly the Cowbird and goes about laying her eggs in the nests of other birds? I've heard that said of her.” “There isn't a word of truth in it,” declared Kitty emphatically.
The Cuckoos have been given a bad name because of some good-for-nothing cousins of theirs who live across the ocean where Bully the English Sparrow belongs, and who, if all reports are true, really are no better than Sally Sly the Cowbird.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: NY Sun, NYT.
Used 6 times in crossword archives (1981–2019).