cerulean warbler

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noun

a North American wood warbler, Dendroica cerulea, the male of which is blue above and white below.

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Origin of cerulean warbler

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

On Monday, Nicole Richie debuted her latest Technicolor hairstyle—a side-swept Cerulean low bun—on Good Morning America.
Tangled Up in Blue: Young Stars and Their Blue Rinses|Erin Cunningham|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She must have told her that dozens of species of warbler—all little and bright, with voices like flutes—came north every spring.
One Year to Live|Olivia Gentile|April 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST
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 Bailey
One 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 Grile
Blue flashed against blue, the clever handiwork of man and the illimitable cerulean of the sky.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer
The 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. Sexton