warbler
pronunciation
How to pronounce warbler in British English:
UK [ˈwɔ:blə(r)]
How to pronounce warbler in American English:
US [ˈwɔrblə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a singer; usually a singer who adds embellishments to the song
- a small active songbird
Word Origin
- warbler (n.)
- 1610s, agent noun from warble (v.). Applied to Old World songbirds by 1773 and to North American birds that look like them but sing little by 1783.
Example
- 1. A reed warbler feeds a cuckoo chick which it has raised as its own .
- 2. British cuckoos have three main " host species " : reed warbler , meadow pipit and dunnock .
- 3. Probably , dr davies and dr welbergen have caught cuckoo and warbler in the middle of an evolutionary arms race .
- 4. Migrating birds such as the garden warbler and whitethroat will face longer journeys because of climate change , experts warned today .
- 5. Visit the right habitat : extensive wetland reed beds ( reed warbler ) or windswept moorlands ( meadow pipit ) are the most likely locations for cuckoos .