Parula warbler

[par-yuh-luh, -uh-luh]

par·u·la

[par-yuh-luh, -uh-luh]
noun
any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana (northern parula), having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast.
Also called parula warbler.


Origin:
< Neo-Latin Parula a genus name, alteration of Parulus an earlier genus name, equivalent to Late Latin pār(us) titmouse (akin to Latin parra a bird whose cry was considered a bad omen) + Latin -ulus -ule
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parula warbler

noun
small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America 
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