warbler
UK/ˈwɔːblə/US/ˈwɔɹbləɹ/
warbler noun: any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
Noun
warbler (plural warblers)
- Any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
- Applied formerly to various other passerine bird families, such as the Australian Acanthizidae.
- One who warbles.
- In lulling strains the feather'd warblers woo.a. 1740, Fragment on Hunting, Thomas Tickell
- And it looked like at first she was just another pop warbler, and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” is a great record, but nothing threatening, nothing strange.2012, Joe Bonomo, Conversations with Greil Marcus, page 87
- A device that makes a warbling sound.
- In electronic telephones, this ringer may be a small electronic warbler rather than a bell.2011, Leif Madsen, Jim Van Meggelen, Russell Bryant, Asterisk: The Definitive Guide, page 598
- A hissy fit.
warbler meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Arabic
warbler in Tamil
- கதிர்க்குருவி, இது பல வகைப்படும், நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில், இது ஒரு சிறப்பு இனமாகும்
warbler in Urdu
- چکا وک
warbler in Kannada
- ಉಲಿಯಕ್ಕಿ, ಒಂದು ಬಗೆಯ ಹಕ್ಕಿ
warbler in Arabic
- bird of the Sylviidae family
- دُخَّلَة duḵḵala
More languagesFewer languages
- warbler in Persian
- لاسکوی lâskovi, سسک sesk
Examples of warbler in a sentence
- Ornaments of ash and lava, dust-mouth warblers and mud-caked butterflies, garlandage, accompanied the flight.
- Notoriously hard to see, the grasshopper warbler tends to throw its voice over long distances, while it stays out of sight.
- The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration.
Forms of warbler
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Origin of warbler
From warble + -er.
Words formed from warbler
- acrocephalid warbler
- African warbler
- American warbler
- aquatic warbler
- Arctic warbler
- Asian desert warbler
- Audubon's warbler
- Bachman's warbler
- Balearic warbler
- barred warbler
- bay-breasted warbler
- black and white warbler
- Blackburnian warbler
- black-capped warbler
- black-throated green warbler
- blue yellow-backed warbler
- Blyth's reed warbler
- booted warbler
- brush warbler
- bush warbler
- Calaveras warbler
- Canadian warbler
- Cape May warbler
- cerulean warbler
- cettid warbler
- Cetti's warbler
- chestnut-sided warbler
- cisticolid warbler
- Connecticut warbler
- creeping warbler
- Cuban warbler
- Dartford warbler
- dusky warbler
- eastern Bonelli's warbler
- eastern olivaceous warbler
- eastern Orphean warbler
- fairy warbler
- fan-tailed warbler
- fly-catching warbler
- garden warbler
- golden-cheeked warbler
- golden-crowned warbler
- Grace's warbler
- grasshopper warbler
- grass warbler
- great reed warbler
- greenish warbler
- green warbler
- grey warbler
- ground warbler warbler
- hermit warbler
- Hume's leaf warbler
- icterine warbler
- Japanese bush warbler
- Kennicott's willow warbler
- Kentucky warbler
- kirkland warbler
- Kirtland's warbler
- lanceolated warbler
- leaf-warbler
Phrases with warbler
- ox warbler
- leaf warbler
- pine warbler
- reed warbler
- wood warbler
- hedge warbler
- marsh warbler
- olive warbler
- river warbler
- sedge warbler
- rufous warbler
- Savi's warbler
51 more phrasesFewer phrases
- superb warbler
- willow warbler
- yellow warbler
- Orphean warbler
- prairie warbler
- Radde's warbler
- Sykes's warbler
- sylviid warbler
- magnolia warbler
- Malagasy warbler
- mourning warbler
- speckled warbler
- Wilson's warbler
- lutescent warbler
- melodious warbler
- Moltoni's warbler
- Nashville warbler
- New World warbler
- Rüppell's warbler
- Sardinian warbler
- subalpine warbler
- Tennessee warbler
- moustached warbler
- paddyfield warbler
- pileolated warbler
- plain leaf warbler
- spectacled warbler
- two-barred warbler
- locustellid warbler
- worm-eating warbler
- prothonotary warbler
- three-banded warbler
- typical bush warbler
- Pallas's leaf warbler
- yellow-browed warbler
- yellow-rumped warbler
- clamorous reed warbler
- MacGillivray's warbler
- orange-crowned warbler
- Sri Lanka bush warbler
- streaked scrub warbler
- Australian reed warbler
- western Orphean warbler
- yellow-throated warbler
- pale-footed bush warbler
- streaked fantail warbler
- black-browed reed warbler
- Western Bonelli's warbler
- western subalpine warbler
- western olivaceous warbler
- Pallas's grasshopper warbler
Questions about warbler
- What does warbler mean?
- Warbler means any of various small passerine songbirds, especially of the family Sylviidae (Old World warblers) and Parulidae (New World warblers).
- What is warbler in Tamil?
- Warbler in Tamil is கதிர்க்குருவி, இது பல வகைப்படும், நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பறவைகளில். See Warbler meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is warbler?
- Warbler is a noun.
- How do you pronounce warbler?
- Warbler is pronounced /ˈwɔːblə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of warbler?
- The plural of warbler is warblers.
Words near warbler in the dictionary
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