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Bachman's warbler

Bachman's warbler noun: vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021.

bachman's warbler: vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021
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Noun

Bachman's warbler (plural Bachman's warblers)

  1. Vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021.
    • Perhaps nothing speaks more vividly for the strangeness of the times than the fate of the lovely little Bachman's warbler. A native of the southern United States, the warbler was famous for its unusually lovely song, but its population numbers, never robust, gradually dwindled until by the 1930s...2005, Bill Bryson, chapter 30, in A Short History of Nearly Everything: Special Illustrated Edition, page 593

Forms of Bachman's warbler

pluralBachman's warblers

Origin of Bachman's warbler

Discovered in 1832 by the Reverend John Bachman.

Questions about Bachman's warbler

What does Bachman's warbler mean?
Bachman's warbler means vermivora bachmanii, a small passerine migratory bird of America. It was declared extinct in 2021.
What part of speech is Bachman's warbler?
Bachman's warbler is a noun.
What is the plural of Bachman's warbler?
The plural of Bachman's warbler is Bachman's warblers.

Words near Bachman's warbler in the dictionary

  1. baching
  2. bachis
  3. Bachman
  4. Bachman's sparrow
  5. Bachman's sparrows
  6. Bachman's warbler
  7. Bachman's warblers
  8. Bachmann
  9. Bachmann hitch
  10. Bachmann hitches
  11. Bachmann knot

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