wood warbler

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. See warbler.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A bird which warbles in the woods. Specifically

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) 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 (D. 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.
2. n. (Zoöl.) A European warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix); -- called also green wren, wood wren, and yellow wren.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. small bright-colored American songbird with a weak unmusical song
2. n. European woodland warbler with dull yellow plumage