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Cape May warbler

American

noun

a North American wood warbler, Dendroica tigrina, olive-green striped with black on the wings and back and yellow striped with black on the breast.

Etymology

Origin of Cape May warbler

1805–15; after Cape May, New Jersey

Example Sentences

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The Cape May warbler is thought to have been blown off course by a storm on its migration south to the Caribbean from its natural habitat in North America.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

A male Cape May warbler was also seen off the Republic of Ireland in September.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

The sighting of the Cape May warbler on the island of Bryher has attracted at least 20 bird watchers, known as twitchers.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2023

There is a tradition among newspaper men in Washington that a Cape May warbler once broke up a Cabinet meeting; maybe this was that identical bird.

From Camping & Tramping with Roosevelt by Burroughs, John

How can any New Englander imagine that he has exhausted the possibilities of existence so long as he has never seen the Lincoln finch and the Cape May warbler?

From The Foot-path Way by Torrey, Bradford

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