fly-catching warbler

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fly-catching warbler - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Warbler \War"bler\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --
        applied chiefly to birds.
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              In lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
                                                    --Tickell.
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     2. (Zool.) 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.
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     3. (Zool.) 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.
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     Note: The American warblers are often divided, according to
           their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,
           fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,
           wormeating warblers, etc.
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     Bush warbler (Zool.) any American warbler of the genus
        Opornis, as the Connecticut warbler (Opornis agilis).
        
  
     Creeping warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
        very small American warblers belonging to Parula,
        Mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed
        warbler (Parula Americana), and the black-and-white
        creeper (Mniotilta varia).
  
     Fly-catching warbler (Zool.), any one of several species of
        warblers belonging to Setophaga, Sylvania, and allied
        genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with
        strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler
        (Sylvania mitrata), the black-capped warbler (Sylvania  pusilla
        ), the Canadian warbler (Sylvania Canadensis),
        and the American redstart (see Redstart).
  
     Ground warbler (Zool.), any American warbler of the genus
        Geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler (Geothlypis  Philadelphia
        ), and the Maryland yellowthroat (see
        Yellowthroat).
  
     Wood warbler (Zool.), any one of numerous American warblers
        of the genus Dendroica. Among the most common wood
        warblers in the Eastern States are the yellowbird, or
        yellow warbler (see under Yellow), the black-throated
        green warbler (Dendroica virens), the yellow-rumped
        warbler (Dendroica coronata), the blackpoll (Dendroica  striata
        ), the bay-breasted warbler (Dendroica  castanea
        ), the chestnut-sided warbler (Dendroica  Pennsylvanica
        ), the Cape May warbler (Dendroica  tigrina
        ), the prairie warbler (see under Prairie), and
        the pine warbler (Dendroica pinus). See also Magnolia  warbler
        , under Magnolia, and Blackburnian warbler.
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