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willow warbler

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noun

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

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Nearby words

willow oak, willow pattern, willow ptarmigan, willow run, willow tit, willow warbler, willow-leaved jessamine, willowbrook, willower, willowherb, willowick

Origin of willow warbler

First recorded in 1840–50
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Examples from the Web for willow warbler

  • The willow-warbler is a rather larger bird with a tinge of yellow in his plumage.

    Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft

  • Three other tantalizing little members of this numerous tribe are the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, and wood-warbler.

    Birds in Flight|W. P. Pycraft

  • Ornithologists seem well agreed that the Willow-warbler's food consists entirely of insects.

    British Birds in their Haunts|Rev. C. A. Johns

British Dictionary definitions for willow warbler

willow warbler

noun

an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands
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