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warbler definition

war·bler (wôr′blər)

noun

  1. a bird or person that warbles; singer; songster
  2. ☆ any of a large, New World passerine family (Parulidae) of small, insect-eating birds, many of which are brightly colored, as the yellow warbler, the prothonotary warbler, or the American redstart; wood warbler
  3. any of a large, mainly Old World, passerine family (Sylviidae) of small songbirds, including the whitethroats

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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