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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.
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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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