wood warbler

noun

1. warbler ( def 2 ).
2. a yellowish-green European warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix.

wood warbler

noun

1. a European woodland warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix, with a dull yellow plumage
2. See warbler
   another name for the American warbler See warbler

Word History and Origins

Origin of wood warbler¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Example Sentences

Our bird is one of the Wood Warbler family, a quiet and little known group of birds.

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I cannot recall ever having seen any other wood warbler eat banana.

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I have always been able to recognize it by the explosive ending, which I never heard from any other wood warbler.

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

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Though a wood warbler it prefers the shrubby growths in low and well-watered places rather than the forest.

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