Phrase guide

wood warbler

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Phylloscopus sibilatrix, a common and widespread leaf warbler which breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe, and just into the extreme west of Asia in the southern Ural Mountains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Phylloscopus sibilatrix

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Old World warbler, true warbler

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noun

Meaning 3

small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: New World warbler

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: warbler

Narrower terms: parula warbler, northern parula, Parula americana, Wilson's warbler, Wilson's blackcap, Wilsonia pusilla, flycatching warbler, Cape May warbler, Dendroica tigrina, yellow warbler, golden warbler, yellowbird, Dendroica petechia, Blackburn, Blackburnian warbler, Dendroica fusca, Audubon's warbler, Audubon warbler, Dendroica auduboni, myrtle warbler, myrtle bird, Dendroica coronata, blackpoll, Dendroica striate, New World chat, chat, ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapillus, water thrush, yellowthroat

History

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: коприварче (koprivarče) — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Czech: budníček lesní — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Danish: skovsanger — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Dutch: fluiter — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Estonian: mets-lehelind — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Finnish: sirittäjä — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • French: pouillot siffleur — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • German: Waldlaubsänger — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Japanese: 森虫喰 (morimushikui) — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Latvian: svirlītis — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Polish: świstunka leśna — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Portuguese: felosa assobiadeira — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Romanian: pitulice sfârâitoare — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Russian: пеночка-трещотка (penočka-treščotka) — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Northern Sami: cihrrelastavizar — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Spanish: mosquitero silbador — Phylloscopus sibilatrix
  • Swedish: grönsångare — Phylloscopus sibilatrix