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prothonotary warbler definition

☆ prothonotary warbler

a wood warbler (Protonotaria citrea) with yellow-orange underparts and head and bluish-gray wings

Etymology: said to be so named in reference to the yellow hood worn by certain prothonotaries

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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