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–noun

1.	any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae. Compare blackcap (def. 1), reed warbler.

2.	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.

3.	a person or thing that warbles.

[Origin: 1605–15; warble¹ + -er¹

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n.

Any of various small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many of which have brightly colored plumage or markings, as the redstart and the chat. Also called wood warbler.
Any of various small, often brownish or grayish Old World songbirds of the family Silviidae, as the blackcap and the whitethroat.
Music One that warbles; a singer.

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warbler
noun
1.	a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
2.	a small active songbird

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ˈwarbler noun

any of several kinds of small singing bird

Arabic:	طَيْرٌ صَدّاح، مُغَرِّد
Chinese (Simplified):	呜禽，鸣鸟
Chinese (Traditional):	嗚禽，鳴鳥
Czech:	zpěvný pták
Danish:	sangfugl
Dutch:	vogeltje
Estonian:	laululind
Finnish:	laululintu
French:	fauvette
German:	der Singvogel
Greek:	ωδικό πτηνό
Hungarian:	énekesmadár
Icelandic:	söngvari
Indonesian:	burung pekicau
Italian:	(uccellino canoro)

Japanese:	鳴鳥
Korean:	지저귀는 새
Latvian:	dziedātājputns
Lithuanian:	paukštis giesmininkas
Norwegian:	sangfugl, sanger
Polish:	gajówka pokrzewka
Portuguese (Brazil):	pássaro canoro
Portuguese (Portugal):	ave canora
Romanian:	pasăre cântătoare
Russian:	певчая птица
Slovak:	spevavý vták
Slovenian:	ptica pevka
Spanish:	pájaro cantor, ave cantora
Swedish:	sångare
Turkish:	çalı bülbülü

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Warbler

Syl*vic"o*line\, a. [L. sylva, silva, forest + colere to inhabit.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the family of warblers (Sylvicolid[ae]). See Warbler.

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