blackburnian warbler

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blackburnian warbler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Blackburnian warbler \Black*bur"ni*an war"bler\ [Named from Mrs.
     Blackburn, an English lady.] (Zool.)
     A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburni[ae]
     ). The male is strongly marked with orange,
     yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an
     orange-yellow breast.
     [1913 Webster]

blackburnian warbler - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Blackburnian warbler
      n 1: black-and-white North American wood warbler having an
           orange-and-black head and throat [syn: Blackburn,
           Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca]