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View synonyms for warbler
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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She must have told her that dozens of species of warbler—all little and bright, with voices like flutes—came north every spring.
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Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
From Project Gutenberg
One of the most gorgeous tenants of this valley was Wilson's warbler.
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No true gourmet would ever send this warbler to the shambles so long as scarcer birds might be obtained.
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The yellow warbler, sometimes called the wild canary, flits through bush and tree and trills its gay notes in town and country.
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Another punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.
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