Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several small warblers of the genus Parula, especially P. americana of eastern North America.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun [lowercase] The parula warbler, Compsothlypis americana. See Parula.
  • noun A genus of diminutive American creeping warblers of highly variegated coloration, belonging to the family Sylvicolidæ or Mniotiltidæ; the blue yellow-backed warblers.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • proper noun The type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[New Latin Pārula, genus name : Pārus, genus of tits of the Eastern Hemisphere in which the parulas were formerly classified (from Late Latin, titmouse; akin to Latin parra, a species of bird whose cry was considered an ill omen, of unknown origin) + Latin -ula, feminine of -ulus, diminutive suff.]

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Examples

  • Not as aesthetically pleasing an addition as a painted bunting or a northern parula, but you take them as they come.

    Lance Mannion: 2009

  • Not as aesthetically pleasing an addition as a painted bunting or a northern parula, but you take them as they come.

    Notes from the field: Vultures in the neighborhood 2009

  • For example, mature northern hardwood stands in New England commonly contain softwoods – usually red spruce, eastern hemlock, or white pine – and as a result they also contain bird species associated with coniferous forests, such as red-breasted nuthatches (Sitta canadensis), golden-crowned kinglets (Regulus satrapa), and northern parula warblers (Parula americana).

    New England-Acadian forests 2008

  • Tropical parula ( '' Parula pitiayumi ''), Revillagigedo Isles, Mexico.

    Islas Revillagigedo dry forests 2007

  • When we hear of the parula warbler or of the Cape May warbler we get no idea of the appearance of the bird, but when we know that the black-throated green warblers begin to appear in April, the first good view of one of this species will proclaim him as such.

    The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year William Beebe 1919

  • Some - like the hooded warbler and Northern parula - also will breed in Texas; I recently saw a dozen Northern parulas setting up breeding territories in Sam Houston National Forest.

    chron.com Chronicle 2011

  • From the coasts of Cameron and Vermilion parishes, the brilliantly plumaged travelers find their way into the hardwood bottomlands of Lafayette, where with a pair of binoculars you can catch beauties like parula warblers and painted buntings.

    The Independent Weekly 2009

  • He delights in the song of the parula, "chichichichiChiCHICHI!"

    The Independent Weekly 2009

  • As I step out the door, headed for a morning of ricefield birding with friends from Baton Rouge, the unmistakable spring breeding song of a northern parula warbler erupts from atop the big Mexican cypress tree near the garage.

    theadvertiser.com - 2009

  • Other early arrivals include a parula warbler on March 30 in Oak Bluffs and an indigo bunting on April 2 on Chappaquiddick.

    The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines 2009

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