Definitions

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

  • noun Either of two brownish migratory warblers (Parkesia noveboracensis or P. motacilla) that breed in North America and are usually found near streams, ponds, or bogs.

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  • noun Either of two New World warblers, Seiurus motacilla (the Louisiana waterthrush) and Seiurus noveboracensis (the Northern waterthrush).

Etymologies

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water +‎ thrush

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Examples

  • Northern waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensisA migratory bird, found predominantly in North America, with a throat lightly streaked brown to black.

    Rare birds flock to British shores in record numbers 2011

  • Among the numerous bird species found here are the prothonotary warbler, white-eyed vireo, wood duck, yellow-billed cuckoo, Louisiana waterthrush, and all the species found in the Southeastern Mixed Forest.

    Lower Mississippi Riverine Forest Province (Bailey) 2009

  • Wooded areas of the Bluff Hills (74a) are near enough to the streams and wetlands of the Mississippi Alluvial Plain (73) to provide suitable habitat for the Louisiana waterthrush.

    Ecoregions of Arkansas (EPA) 2008

  • Catherine Elwell of District Township reported that she heard her first Louisiana waterthrush singing from the creek near her home last week, pretty much on time.

    Berks county news 2010

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