wood warbler


noun
  1. a yellowish-green European warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix.

Origin of wood warbler

1
First recorded in 1810–20

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British Dictionary definitions for wood warbler

wood warbler

noun
  1. a European woodland warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, with a dull yellow plumage

  2. another name for the American warbler: See warbler (def. 3)

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