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Definition of chickadee : A small bird, the blackcap titmouse ( Parus atricapillus), of North America; - named from its note.

Synonyms:

grackle, road runner, snipe, crow, stork, peregrine, yellowbird, penguin, bluebill, crested jay, barn owl, coot, turkey, loon, sandpiper, blackbird, peacock, emu, swallow, cuckoo, jackdaw, eagle, bird, mockingbird, horned owl, oriole, tern, parrot, gull, swift, robin, parakeet, vulture, lovebird, ibis, partridge, wren, thrush, bittern, pheasant, myna, hawk, duck, hummingbird, lark, canary, sea gull, woodpecker, harrier, pelican, mourning dove, ostrich, tit, crane, egret, curlew, weaver, owl, grouse, condor, jay, cardinal, dove, cockatoo, goose, sheldrake, osprey, plover, cormorant, teal, raven, finch, heron, grosbeak, nuthatch, redwing, booby, waxwing, squab, rook, Canada goose, blue jay, nightingale, starling, bluebird, ringtail, macaw, swan, puffin, dodo, bald eagle, magpie, falcon, cassowary, quetzal, turtledove, goldfinch, mallard, pigeon, sparrow, flamingo, kingfisher, buzzard, bullfinch, spoonbill, songbird, albatross, redbird

Usage examples:

• Chickadee does that sometimes. - "Ways of Wood Folk", William J. Long.
• " No, indeed," replied Mr. Chickadee. - "Stories of Birds", Lenore Elizabeth Mulets.
• A chickadee and one of the nuthatches see a tempting morsel at the same time. - "Some Winter Days in Iowa", Frederick John Lazell.