WARBLER Synonyms

• any bird of the family Icteridae whose male is black or predominantly black

• common black European thrush

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• a female singer

• a moderate yellow with a greenish tinge

• any of several small Old World finches

• having the color of a canary; of a light to moderate yellow

• any of numerous small songbirds with short stout bills adapted for crushing seeds

• North American songbirds having a yellow breast

• a songbird that lives mainly on the ground in open country; has streaky brown plumage

• any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

• any carefree episode

• play boisterously

• small finch originally of the western United States and Mexico

• small Old World finch whose male has a red breast and forehead

• European songbird noted for its melodious nocturnal song

• English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

• any bird having a musical call

• any of several small dull-colored singing birds feeding on seeds or insects

• small brownish European songbird

• a small amount of liquid food

• the act of swallowing

• small long-winged songbird noted for swift graceful flight and the regularity of its migrations

• pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• engulf and destroy

• enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing

• utter unclearly

• take back what one has said

• keep from expressing

• tolerate or accommodate oneself to

• believe or accept without questioning or challenge

• candidiasis of the oral cavity; seen mostly in infants or debilitated adults

• a woman who sings popular songs

• songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breast

• small insectivorous birds

• a lumpy abscess under the hide of domestic mammals caused by larvae of a botfly or warble fly

• sing or play with trills, alternating with the half note above or below

• sing by changing register; sing by yodeling