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Blackburnian warbler
[ 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Blackburnian warbler1
1775–85, Americanism; named after Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 18th-century Englishwoman; -ian
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Example Sentences
Had the Blackburnian Warbler been seen in this neighbourhood, as he had been told?
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