mourning warbler

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

  Mourning \Mourn"ing\, a.
     1. Grieving; sorrowing; lamenting.
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     2. Employed to express sorrow or grief; worn or used as
        appropriate to the condition of one bereaved or sorrowing;
        as, mourning garments; a mourning ring; a mourning pin,
        and the like.
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     Mourning bride (Bot.), a garden flower (Scabiosa  atropurpurea
        ) with dark purple or crimson flowers in
        flattened heads.
  
     Mourning dove (Zool.), a wild dove (Zenaidura macroura)
        found throughout the United States; -- so named from its
        plaintive note. Called also Carolina dove. See Illust.
        under Dove.
  
     Mourning warbler (Zool.), an American ground warbler
        (Geothlypis Philadelphia). The male has the head, neck,
        and chest, deep ash-gray, mixed with black on the throat
        and chest; other lower parts are pure yellow.
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