WARBLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does warbler mean? 

• WARBLER (noun)
  The noun WARBLER has 2 senses:

1. a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

2. a small active songbird

  Familiarity information: WARBLER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WARBLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("warbler" is a kind of...):

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Derivation:

warble (sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A small active songbird

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("warbler" is a kind of...):

oscine; oscine bird (passerine bird having specialized vocal apparatus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warbler"):

gnatcatcher (very small North American and South American warblers)

kinglet (small birds resembling warblers but having some of the habits of titmice)

Old World warbler; true warbler (small active brownish or greyish Old World birds)

greater whitethroat; Sylvia communis; whitethroat (greyish-brown Old World warbler with a white throat and underparts)

lesser whitethroat; Sylvia curruca; whitethroat (Old World warbler similar to the greater whitethroat but smaller)

New World warbler; wood warbler (small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song)

 Context examples 

That's proper and appropriate, since he's a warbler.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The researchers studied migration patterns in golden-winged warblers and blue-winged warblers, genetically similar species.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

He assumed a mock extravagance, and went on: I am no attic singer, no ballroom warbler. And why? Because I am practical.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Studying natural systems, like these warblers, gives us clues to the variety of functions a single gene can perform."

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

"In this study, we found only one gene associated with the final wintering destination of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers," said Toews.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

The findings may have important conservation implications for declining populations of golden-winged warblers.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)

A gene associated with the migratory patterns of golden-winged and blue-winged warblers could lend insight into the longstanding question of how birds migrate across long distances.

(New insights into genetic basis of bird migration, National Science Foundation)