myrtle warbler

myrtle warbler
noun
similar to Audubon's warbler
• Hypernyms: ↑New World warbler, ↑wood warbler
• Member Holonyms: ↑Dendroica, ↑genus Dendroica

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noun or myrtle bird
: a No. American warbler (Dendroica coronata) of which the male in full plumage is bluish gray streaked with black above and largely white below with a yellow patch on the crown, rump, and each side of the breast

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myrtle warbler,
a North American warbler with yellow patches on the crown, the rump, and each side of the breast.

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  • Myrtle Warbler — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

  • Myrtle warbler — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • myrtle warbler. — See under yellow rumped warbler. [1890 95, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

  • myrtle warbler. — See under yellow rumped warbler. [1890 95, Amer.] …   Useful english dictionary

  • Myrtle — Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • myrtle bird — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Myrtle wax — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • myrtle bird — noun similar to Audubon s warbler • Syn: ↑myrtle warbler, ↑Dendroica coronata • Hypernyms: ↑New World warbler, ↑wood warbler • Member Holonyms: ↑Dendroica, ↑genus Den …   Useful english dictionary

  • yellow-crowned warbler — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • yellow-rumped warbler — Myrtle Myr tle (m[ e]r t l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.) A species of the genus {Myrtus}, especially {Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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