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warbler
[ wawr-bler ]
noun
- any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae. Compare blackcap ( def 1 ), reed warbler.
- Also called wood warbler. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many species of which are brightly colored. Compare yellow warbler.
warbler
/ ˈwɔːblə /
noun
- a person or thing that warbles
- any small active passerine songbird of the Old World subfamily Sylviinae: family Muscicapidae. They have a cryptic plumage and slender bill and are arboreal insectivores
- Also calledwood warbler any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
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By the time I spotted the potential warbler, it was too late.
Meanwhile, insect-eating birds like the yellow warbler that prefer being higher up in the canopies tend to have lower exposure.
She must have told her that dozens of species of warbler—all little and bright, with voices like flutes—came north every spring.
Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
One of the most gorgeous tenants of this valley was Wilson's warbler.
No true gourmet would ever send this warbler to the shambles so long as scarcer birds might be obtained.
The yellow warbler, sometimes called the wild canary, flits through bush and tree and trills its gay notes in town and country.
Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.
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