warbler
any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae.: Compare blackcap (def. 1), reed warbler.
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.
a person or thing that warbles.
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How to use warbler in a sentence
By the time I spotted the potential warbler, it was too late.
Meanwhile, insect-eating birds like the yellow warbler that prefer being higher up in the canopies tend to have lower exposure.
These bird species are most likely to contaminate our fruits and veggies | Nikita Amir | January 9, 2022 | Popular-ScienceShe must have told her that dozens of species of warbler—all little and bright, with voices like flutes—came north every spring.
Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyOne of the most gorgeous tenants of this valley was Wilson's warbler.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester Keyser
No true gourmet would ever send this warbler to the shambles so long as scarcer birds might be obtained.
The Fiend's Delight | Dod GrileThe yellow warbler, sometimes called the wild canary, flits through bush and tree and trills its gay notes in town and country.
Stories of California | Ella M. SextonAnother punctual bird is the yellow redpoll warbler, the first of his class that appears.
A Year in the Fields | John Burroughs
British Dictionary definitions for warbler
/ (ˈwɔːblə) /
a person or thing that warbles
any small active passerine songbird of the Old World subfamily Sylviinae: family Muscicapidae. They have a cryptic plumage and slender bill and are arboreal insectivores
Also called: wood warbler any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
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