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warbler(encyclopedia)
warbler(dictionary)
Warbler(medicine)
Dartford warbler(dictionary)
Savi's warbler(dictionary)
Cetti's warbler(dictionary)
blackpoll warbler(encyclopedia)
wood warbler(encyclopedia)
Blackburnian warbler(medicine)

warbler (iou)



warbler noun. E17.
[from WARBLE verb1 + -ER1.]
A person who or thing which warbles or sings sweetly; gen. (freq. joc.) a singer. E17.
b. spec. A female singer. slang. M20.
a. Any of numerous small plain-coloured Old World songbirds of the family Sylviidae, which are chiefly arboreal insectivores and are noted for their complex warbling songs. L18.
garden warbler, leaf warbler, reed warbler, sedge warbler, willow warbler, etc.
b. Any of various small, usu. bright-coloured American songbirds of the family Parulidae. Also wood warbler. L18.
Kentucky warbler, myrtle warbler, prairie warbler, Swainson's warbler, etc.
c. Any of various small mainly dull-coloured Australasian songbirds of the families Acanthizidae (more fully Australian warbler, Australasian warbler) and Maluridae. L18.
rock warbler, wren warbler, etc.
A group of grace-notes embellishing a tune on the bagpipe. Scot. E19.
A telephone which warbles. Cf. WARBLE verb1 6. colloq. L20.
Comb.: warbler finch an emberizid finch, Certhidea olivacea, that occurs in the Galapagos Islands and has the appearance and feeding habits of an Old World warbler.