Found 3 hits - Term: dendroica coronata, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
myrtle \myr"tle\ m~er"t'l, n. f. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, l. myrtus, murtus, gr.
my`rtos; cf. per. m=urd. bot.
a species of the genus myrtus, especially myrtus
communis. the common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
eight or ten feet high. its branches form a close, full head,
thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. it
has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
black several-seeded berries. the ancients considered it
sacred to venus. the flowers, leaves, and berries are used
variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
1913 webster
note: the name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
america to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. in the
west indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
myrtle.
1913 webster
bog myrtle, the sweet gale.
crape myrtle. see under crape.
myrtle warbler zool., a north american wood warbler
dendroica coronata; -- called also myrtle bird,
yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.
myrtle wax. bot. see bayberry tallow, under bayberry.
sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub leiophyllum
buxifolium, growing in new jersey and southward.
wax myrtle myrica cerifera. see bayberry.
1913 webster
see also:
myrtus myrtus communis bog myrtle crape myrtle crape myrtle warbler
dendroica coronata myrtle bird yellow-rumped warbler yellow-crowned warbler myrtle wax
bayberry tallow bayberry sand myrtle leiophyllum buxifolium wax myrtle
myrica cerifera
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
warbler \war"bler\, n.
1. one who, or that which, warbles; a singer; a songster; --
applied chiefly to birds.
1913 webster
in lulling strains the feathered warblers woo.
--tickell.
1913 webster
2. zool. any one of numerous species of small old world
singing birds belonging to the family sylviidae, many of
which are noted songsters. the bluethroat, blackcap, reed
warbler see under reed, and sedge warbler see under
sedge are well-known species.
1913 webster
3. zool. any one of numerous species of small, often bright
colored, american singing birds of the family or subfamily
mniotiltidae, or sylvicolinae. they are allied to the
old world warblers, but most of them are not particularly
musical.
1913 webster
note: the american warblers are often divided, according to
their habits, into bush warblers, creeping warblers,
fly-catching warblers, ground warblers, wood warblers,
wormeating warblers, etc.
1913 webster
bush warbler zool. any american warbler of the genus
opornis, as the connecticut warbler opornis agilis.
creeping warbler zool., any one of several species of
very small american warblers belonging to parula,
mniotilta, and allied genera, as the blue yellow-backed
warbler parula americana, and the black-and-white
creeper mniotilta varia.
fly-catching warbler zool., any one of several species of
warblers belonging to setophaga, sylvania, and allied
genera having the bill hooked and notched at the tip, with
strong rictal bristles at the base, as the hooded warbler
sylvania mitrata, the black-capped warbler sylvania
pusilla, the canadian warbler sylvania canadensis,
and the american redstart see redstart.
ground warbler zool., any american warbler of the genus
geothlypis, as the mourning ground warbler geothlypis
philadelphia, and the maryland yellowthroat see
yellowthroat.
wood warbler zool., any one of numerous american warblers
of the genus dendroica. among the most common wood
warblers in the eastern states are the yellowbird, or
yellow warbler see under yellow, the black-throated
green warbler dendroica virens, the yellow-rumped
warbler dendroica coronata, the blackpoll dendroica
striata, the bay-breasted warbler dendroica
castanea, the chestnut-sided warbler dendroica
pennsylvanica, the cape may warbler dendroica
tigrina, the prairie warbler see under prairie, and
the pine warbler dendroica pinus. see also magnolia
warbler, under magnolia, and blackburnian warbler.
1913 webster
see also:
sylviidae reed sedge mniotiltidae sylvicolinae bush warbler
opornis opornis agilis creeping warbler parula mniotilta
parula americana mniotilta varia fly-catching warbler setophaga sylvania
sylvania mitrata sylvania pusilla sylvania canadensis redstart ground warbler
geothlypis geothlypis philadelphia yellowthroat wood warbler dendroica
yellow dendroica virens dendroica coronata dendroica striata dendroica castanea
dendroica pennsylvanica dendroica tigrina prairie dendroica pinus magnolia warbler
magnolia blackburnian warbler
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
dendroica coronata
n : similar to audubon's warbler syn: myrtle warbler, myrtle
bird
see also:
myrtle warbler myrtle bird
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