Blackburnian warbler

[blak-bur-nee-uhn]

Black·burn·i·an war·bler

[blak-bur-nee-uhn]
noun
a black-and-white North American wood warbler, Dendroica fusca, having an orange throat and an orange and black head.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism; named after Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 18th-century Englishwoman; see -ian
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Blackburnian warbler has a plethora of syllables.
So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
given to using long words.
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blackburnian warbler

noun
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat [syn: Blackburn
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