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- Warbler - n. - One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; -- applied chiefly to birds.
- Warbler - n. - Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.
- Warbler - n. - Any one of numerous species of small, often bright colored, American singing birds of the family or subfamily Mniotiltidae, or Sylvicolinae. They are allied to the Old World warblers, but most of them are not particularly musical.
- Redpoll - n. - The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum).
- Redstart - n. - An American fly-catching warbler (Setophaga ruticilla). The male is black, with large patches of orange-red on the sides, wings, and tail. The female is olive, with yellow patches.
- Pettychaps - n. - Any one of several species of small European singing birds of the subfamily Sylviinae, as the willow warbler, the chiff-chaff, and the golden warbler (Sylvia hortensis).
- Whitethroat - n. - Any one of several species of Old World warblers, esp. the common European species (Sylvia cinerea), called also strawsmear, nettlebird, muff, and whitecap, the garden whitethroat, or golden warbler (S. hortensis), and the lesser whitethroat (S. curruca).
- Pigpecker - n. - The European garden warbler (Sylvia, / Currica, hortensis); -- called also beccafico and greater pettychaps.
- Blackburnian warbler - - A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniae). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast.
- Furzeling - n. - An English warbler (Melizophilus provincialis); -- called also furze wren, and Dartford warbler.
- Blackpoll - n. - A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).
- Whinchat - n. - A small warbler (Pratincola rubetra) common in Europe; -- called also whinchacker, whincheck, whin-clocharet.
- Water thrush - - A North American bird of the genus Seiurus, belonging to the Warbler family, especially the common species (S. Noveboracensis).
- Mockbird - n. - The European sedge warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis).
- Chiff-chaff - n. - A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.
- Warbler - n. - Any one of numerous species of small Old World singing birds belonging to the family Sylviidae, many of which are noted songsters. The bluethroat, blackcap, reed warbler (see under Reed), and sedge warbler (see under Sedge) are well-known species.