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–noun
1. warbler (def. 2).
2. a yellowish-green European warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix.
Origin:
1810–20
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war⋅bler

  [wawr-bler]
–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.

wood warbler  
n.  See warbler.
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wood warbler

any of several members of the songbird family Parulidae (formerly Compsothlypidae or Mniotiltidae, order Passeriformes). They are New World birds distinct from the true warblers of the Old World (see warbler).

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