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Kirtland's warbler

[ kurt-luhndz ]

noun

  1. a wood warbler, Dendroica kirtlandii, breeding only in north-central Michigan and wintering in the Bahamas, bluish gray above, striped with black and pale yellow below: an endangered species.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Kirtland's warbler1

1855–60, Americanism; named after Jared Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist

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