Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A warbler (Dendroica striata) of North and South America. The male has a black cap.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The black-poll warbler, Dendroica striata, which has the top of the head black.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) A warbler of the United States (Dendroica striata).

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A North American warbler, Dendroica striata, the male of which has a black patch on its head

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun North American warbler having a black-and-white head

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[black + poll, head.]

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Examples

  • We were barged out the way by about 30 birdwatchers all rushing to see a blackpoll warbler.

    Ghosts of Gone Birds: exhibition enlists artists to save endangered species 2011

  • Northern migratory species winter in the savanna, such as spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia, barn swallow Hirundo rustica and blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata.

    Canaima National Park, Venezuela 2009

  • Red-tailed hawks, scarlet tanagers, blackpoll warblers and more are lined up in drawers stacked floor to ceiling, their bodies lifelike except for the white cotton where their eyes once were.

    In Battle on Birds, 2008

  • The park is a significant breeding site for harlequin duck Histrionicus histrionicus, blackpoll warbler Dendroica striata, common tern Sterna hirundo, and arctic tern S. paridisaea, a nesting site for bald eagle Haliaeetus leucocephala, rock ptarmigan Lagopus mutus and American tree sparrow Spizella arborea, and a stopover for migrating shore birds.

    Gros Morne National Park, Canada 2008

  • Another bird, the blackpoll warbler, flies nonstop over water from Northern Canada to South America.

    The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

  • Another bird, the blackpoll warbler, flies nonstop over water from Northern Canada to South America.

    The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

  • Another bird, the blackpoll warbler, flies nonstop over water from Northern Canada to South America.

    The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

  • Another bird, the blackpoll warbler, flies nonstop over water from Northern Canada to South America.

    The Life You Longed For Maribeth Fischer 2007

  • The blackpoll warbler, weighing .5 ounce, migrates up to 6,000 miles and it has been estimated that it flaps its wings roughly four million times during the journey.

    The Albert Lea Tribune Staff 2010

  • A former wilderness guide now with the Adirondack Nature Conservancy, Prickett had done bird surveys from the mountain, recording Bicknell's thrush, Swainson's thrush, winter wren, blackpoll warbler and white-throated sparrow.

    Latest News 2009

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