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- noun Plural form of
warble .
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Examples
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Not to be confused with Family Cuterebridae, the skin bots, which are the large flies that lay their eggs on or in skin, having the larvae (large black maggots, often called warbles) develop under the skin of the host.
grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003
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It must, however, be borne in mind that the warbles are the _larvæ_ of the _oestrus bovis_, which is said to be the most beautiful variety of gad-fly.
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Dirt adhering to a hide injures it, particularly in stall-fed animals; and any thing that punctures a hide, such as warbles arising from certain insects, is also injurious.
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-- The larvæ of a fly (probably _Hypoderma lineata_, whose larvæ in the skin of cattle are commonly known as "warbles") are occasionally found in little sacs beneath the skin of horses.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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As she begins to sing a prelude number her feeble, high-pitched voice warbles loudly over the sound system into the half-full room.
American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010
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Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.
James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011
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Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.
James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011
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"Fun, fun, church can be fun / You know that it is," warbles Sadie through a layer of Auto Tune that's even thicker than Black's.
VIDEO: Rebecca Black's "Friday" Receives Christian Makeover 2011
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Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.
James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011
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Dominguez's tattered adorableness at the beginning, the way she warbles about what Glen Campbell would call the dreams of an everyday housewife, her lambent and then incandescent love for Seymour, all this she conveys with passion and conviction.
James Scarborough: Little Shop of Horrors, STAGEStheatre, Fullerton James Scarborough 2011
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