Blackburnian warbler

Blackburnian warbler
noun
black-and-white North American wood warbler having an orange-and-black head and throat
Syn: ↑Blackburn, ↑Dendroica fusca
Hypernyms: ↑New World warbler, ↑wood warbler
Member Holonyms: ↑Dendroica, ↑genus Dendroica

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noun

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/blak berr"nee euhn/
a black-and-white North American wood warbler, Dendroica fusca, having an orange throat and an orange and black head.
[1775-85, Amer.; named after Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 18th-century Englishwoman; see -IAN]

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