warbler : Idioms & Phrases

• noun common warbler of western North America
  Dendroica auduboni; Audubon warbler.
  

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• noun common warbler of western North America
  Dendroica auduboni; Audubon warbler.
  

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• noun black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
  Dendroica fusca; Blackburn.
  

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Black*bur"ni*an war"bler

Etymology

Named from Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady.

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.) any American warbler of the genus Opornis, as the Connecticut warbler (O. agilis).

Webster 1913

• noun North American wood warbler; olive green and yellow striped with black
  Dendroica tigrina.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of very small American warblers belonging to Parula, Mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed warbler (Parula Americana), and the black-and-white creeper (Mniotilta varia).

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of warblers belonging to Setophaga, Sylvania, and allied genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler (Sylvania mitrata), the black-capped warbler (S. pusilla), the Canadian warbler (S. Canadensis), and the American redstart (see Redstart).

Webster 1913

• noun any of numerous American wood warblers that feed on insects caught on the wing
  

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• noun yellow-throated American wood warbler
  golden warbler; yellowbird; Dendroica petechia.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a common American wood warbler (Dendroica æstiva); called also blue-eyed yellow warbler, garden warbler, and summer yellow bird.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), cricket bird.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any American warbler of the genus Geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler (G. Philadelphia), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see Yellowthroat).

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• (Zoöl.), a California wood warbler (Dendroica occidentalis), having the head yellow, the throat black, and the back gray, with black streaks.

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• a small American warbler (Sylvania mitrata).

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• (Zoöl.), a beautiful North American wood warbler (Dendroica maculosa). The rump and under parts are bright yellow; the breast and belly are spotted with black; the under tail coverts are white; the crown is ash.

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• (Zoöl.), an American ground warbler (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck, and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.

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• noun similar to Audubon's warbler
  Dendroica coronata; myrtle bird.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a North American wood warbler (Dendroica coronata); called also myrtle bird, yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.

Webster 1913

• noun small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
  New World warbler.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis); called also night singer. prov. Eng.

Webster 1913

• noun small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
  Old World warbler.
  

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• noun small grey-blue wood warbler with yellow throat and breast; of eastern North America
  Parula americana; northern parula.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a bright-colored American warbler (Dendroica discolor). The back is olive yellow, with a group of reddish spots in the middle; the under parts and the parts around the eyes are bright yellow; the sides of the throat and spots along the sides, black; three outer tail feathers partly white.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white.

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) A small European warbler (Acrocephalus streperus); called also reed wren. (b) Any one of several species of Indian and Australian warblers of the genera Acrocephalus, Calamoherpe, and Arundinax. They are excellent singers.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a small Australian singing bird (Origma rubricata) which frequents rocky ravines and water courses; called also cataract bird.

Webster 1913

• noun small European warbler that breeds among reeds and wedges and winters in Africa
  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; reedbird; sedge bird; sedge wren.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a small European singing bird (Acrocephalus phragmitis). It often builds its nest among reeds; called also sedge bird, sedge wren, night warbler, and Scotch nightingale.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus Dicæum. They are allied to the honeysuckers.

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of arboreal warblers belonging to Phylloscopus and allied genera.

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• noun small active brownish or greyish Old World birds
  Old World warbler.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a very small European warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus); called also bee bird, haybird, golden wren, pettychaps, sweet William, Tom Thumb, and willow wren.

Webster 1913

• noun yellow wood warbler with a black crown
  Wilsonia pusilla; Wilson's blackcap.
  

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• noun small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
  New World warbler.
  
• noun European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage
  Phylloscopus sibilatrix.
  

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• . (Zoöl.) (a) Any one of numerous species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica. See Warbler. (b) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow wren.
• (Zoöl.), any one of numerous American warblers of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common wood warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated green warbler (Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped warbler (D. coronata), the blackpoll (D. striata), the bay-breasted warbler (D. castanea), the chestnut-sided warbler (D. Pennsylvanica), the Cape May warbler (D. tigrina), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and the pine warbler (D. pinus). See also Magnolia warbler, under Magnolia, and Blackburnian warbler.

Webster 1913

• noun small Asiatic and African bird; constructs nests like those of tailorbirds
  

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• any one of several species of small Asiatic and African singing birds belonging to Prinia and allied genera. These birds are closely allied to the tailor birds, and build their nests in a similar manner. See also Pincpinc.

Webster 1913

• noun yellow-throated American wood warbler
  golden warbler; yellowbird; Dendroica petechia.
  

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• (Zoöl.), any one of several species of American warblers of the genus Dendroica in which the predominant color is yellow, especially D. æstiva, which is a very abundant and familiar species; called also garden warbler, golden warbler, summer yellowbird, summer warbler, and yellow-poll warbler.

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