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wood warbler
wood warbler
noun
- a European woodland warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, with a dull yellow plumage
- another name for the American warbler See warbler
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wood warbler1
First recorded in 1810–20
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Example Sentences
Our bird is one of the Wood Warbler family, a quiet and little known group of birds.
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I cannot recall ever having seen any other wood warbler eat banana.
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I have always been able to recognize it by the explosive ending, which I never heard from any other wood warbler.
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Three other tantalizing little members of this numerous tribe are the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, and wood-warbler.
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Though a wood warbler it prefers the shrubby growths in low and well-watered places rather than the forest.
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