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 Dartford warbler suffered from a population crash in the 1960s, leaving only a few pairs in Dorset.
From BBC ● May 29, 2026
The research focused on the Seychelles warbler, a small songbird that lives on Cousin Island in the Seychelles.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 13, 2026
Some folks ask about whether I or a friend were “seeing anything good,” dismissing our responses if we didn’t say, for example, blackburnian warbler or golden-winged warbler.
From Salon ● Apr. 23, 2025
The yellow-rumped warbler is a migratory songbird that spends its winters in Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2025
“What is it you really want to know? Is it safe in the woods for three children who howl at the moon? Safe for a scared governess who doesn’t know a warbler from a nuthatch?”
From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood
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