warbler
Americannoun
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any of several small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviidae.
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Also called wood warbler. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many species of which are brightly colored.
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a person or thing that warbles.
noun
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a person or thing that warbles
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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
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Also called: wood warbler. any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
Etymology
Origin of warbler
Example Sentences
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The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.
From Science Daily • Apr. 13, 2026
Native reptiles and birds, including the Be’er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard, the pin-tailed sandgrouse and the spectacled warbler, are now fall easy prey for crows and jays perched in the tree branches.
From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024
A River Partners analysis of the property found species including riparian woodrat, Swainson’s hawk, least Bell’s vireo, yellow warbler, sandhill crane and “an entire suite of neotropical migratory songbirds.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2024
Preparing to release a prothonotary warbler after banding it at the Fort Morgan State Historic Site in Fort Morgan, Ala., last month.Credit...
From New York Times • Nov. 14, 2023
They listened, but beyond the rustle of the leaves there came from the open down outside no sound except the monotonous tremolo of a grasshopper warbler, far off in the grass.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
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