willow warbler

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noun

any of several usually grayish-green leaf warblers, especially Phylloscopus trochilus, of Europe.

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Origin of willow warbler

First recorded in 1840–50

Words nearby willow warbler

willow pattern, willow ptarmigan, Willow Run, willow tit, willowwacks, willow warbler, willowware, willowy, willpower, Wills, Willstätter

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How to use willow warbler in a sentence

My wife (Susie Hariet) was pregnant with our second child (they have two children, daughter Willow, 4, and son Aubrey, 2).
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Earlier, a two-headed dragon in the Ron Howard flop Willow was known, at least around the set, as the “Ebersisk.”
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A few feet from where we sit is the sawed-off stump of a third willow.
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Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.
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Other events include a Burns Night Supper on January 24, and a willow-weaving workshop in March.
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In a minute Bruce was back with his hat full of water from the creek that whimpered just beyond the willow patch.
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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
What was equally important, a thick clump of cottonwood and willow furnished tolerably secure concealment.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He swept Aristide aside like an intercepting willow-branch, and poured forth a torrent of furious speech upon his wife.
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The willow switch dropped; the various recitations came to a sudden pause.
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British Dictionary definitions for willow warbler

willow warbler

noun

an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands

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