wood warbler

1. 1.

   small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song

   SynonymsNew World warbler

   Broaderwarbler

   Narrowerparula warblerWilson's warblerflycatching warblerCape May warbleryellow warblerBlackburnAudubon's warblermyrtle warblerblackpollNew World chat

   Part ofParulidae
2. 2.

   European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage

   SynonymsPhylloscopus sibilatrix

   BroaderOld World warbler

Questions about wood warbler

What does wood warbler mean?

wood warbler means "small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for wood warbler?

Close synonyms include New World warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is wood warbler a common word?

wood warbler is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.