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war⋅bler

  [wawr-bler]
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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; warble 1 + -er 1
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war·bler   (wôr'blər)   
n.  

  1. 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.

  2. Any of various small, often brownish or grayish Old World songbirds of the family Silviidae, as the blackcap and the whitethroat.

  3. Music One that warbles; a singer.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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