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Kirtland's warbler

[kurt-luhndz]
–noun
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.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; named after Jared Kirtland (1793–1877), American naturalist
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Kirt·land's warbler   (kûrt'ləndz)   
n.  A rare, gray-backed warbler (Dendroica kirtlandii) that nests only in north-central Michigan.

[After Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American naturalist and physician.]
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