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war·bler
(wôr′blər)n.
1. Any of various small New World songbirds of the family Parulidae, many of which have brightly colored plumage or markings, as the redstart and the yellowthroat. Also called wood warbler.
2. Any of various small, often brownish or grayish Old World songbirds of the family Silviidae, as the blackcap and the whitethroat.
3. Music One that warbles; a singer.
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warbler
(ˈwɔːblə)n
1. (Music, other) a person or thing that warbles
2. (Animals) any small active passerine songbird of the Old World subfamily Sylviinae: family Muscicapidae. They have a cryptic plumage and slender bill and are arboreal insectivores
3. (Animals) Also called: wood warbler any small bird of the American family Parulidae, similar to the Old World forms but often brightly coloured
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war•bler
(ˈwɔr blər)n.
1. Also called wood warbler. any of numerous small New World songbirds of the subfamily Parulinae (family Emberizidae), many species of which are brightly colored.
2. any of numerous small, chiefly Old World songbirds of the subfamily Sylviinae (family Muscicapidae).
3. a person or thing that warbles.
[1605–15]
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Noun | 1. | warbler - a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song |
2. | warbler - a small active songbird oscine, oscine bird - passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus gnatcatcher - very small North American and South American warblers kinglet - small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice Old World warbler, true warbler - small active brownish or greyish Old World birds greater whitethroat, Sylvia communis, whitethroat - greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts lesser whitethroat, Sylvia curruca, whitethroat - Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller New World warbler, wood warbler - small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song |
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Translations
طَيْرٌ صَدّاح، مُغَرِّد
sangfugl
parisomerousserolle
söngvari
çalı bülbülü
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
warbler
[ˈwɔːrblər] n → pinson mwar chest n → trésor m de guerre (pour financer une campagne électorale, un projet)war correspondent n → correspondant(e) m/f de guerrewar crime n → crime m de guerrewar cry n → cri m de guerreCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
warbler
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
warbler
[ˈwɔːbləʳ] n → uccello canororeed warbler → cannaiola comune
sedge warbler → forapaglie m inv comune
willow warbler → lui m inv grosso
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
warble
(ˈwoːbl) verb to sing in a trembling voice, as some birds do. The bird was warbling (his song) on a high branch.
noun an act, or the sound, of warbling. the warble of a bird in summer.
ˈwarbler noun any of several kinds of small singing bird.
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