Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several small warblers of the genus Geothlypis of the Americas, especially G. trichas, having a brownish back, yellow throat, and, in the male, a black facial mask.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any bird of the old genus Trichas (of Swainson), now Geothlypis: as, the Maryland yellowthroat. See cut under
Geothlypis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (
Geothlypis trichas ), which is a very common species.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the
genus Geothlypis
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat
Etymologies
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Examples
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The song of the common yellowthroat, a rapid “witchity-witchity-witchity,” gains more syllables in each “witchity” from north to south.
Birdology Sy Montgomery 2010
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
updated numbers 2009
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
museum piece 2009
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
crazy? 2009
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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There are at least four bird species endemic to the Bahamas islands which may utilize mangrove habitats at times including the Bahama woodstar, white-cheeked pintail, Bahamas swallow and Bahama yellowthroat; although none of them specifically live in mangrove habitat exclusively.
Bahamas,The 2009
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
grebes 2009
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The Altimira yellowthroat (Geothlypis flavovelata) may be restricted to this ecoregion, but this is not confirmed.
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August common yellowthroat by the dumpster so that's where the seagoing sharpies go!
Whaling Museum blog 2009
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