Found 2 hits - Term: sylvania canadensis, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
flycatcher \fly"catch`er\, n. zool.
one of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects,
which they take on the wing.
1913 webster
note: the true flycatchers of the old world are oscines, and
belong to the family muscicapidae, as the spotted
flycatcher muscicapa grisola. the american
flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are clamatores, and
belong to the family tyrannidae, as the kingbird,
pewee, crested flycatcher myiarchus crinitus, and
the vermilion flycatcher or churinche pyrocephalus
rubineus. certain american flycatching warblers of
the family sylvicolidae are also called
flycatchers, as the canadian flycatcher sylvania
canadensis, and the hooded flycatcher s. mitrata.
see tyrant flycatcher.
1913 webster
see also:
muscicapidae muscicapa grisola tyrannidae myiarchus crinitus pyrocephalus rubineus sylvicolidae
sylvania canadensis s. mitrata tyrant flycatcher
- [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
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