songbird UK /ˈsɒŋˌbɜːd/US /ˈsɔŋˌbɝd/ noun3 •A bird having a melodious song or call.Sweet little lady sings like a songbird / And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard — 1976 •A person, especially a woman, with a melodious voice. •Any bird in the passerine suborder Passeri, which are distinguished by a more sophisticated vocal apparatus. formssongbirds