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  • noun Plural form of warbler.

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Examples

  • because in the dusk5 the warblers shoot the running waters of short songs to the homecoming warblers—

    Calls. V. Mist Forms 1920

  • The 'rational design' of everything from wolves to warblers is well-explained by evolutionary processes.

    Are dem bunny prints? 2008

  • We had the usuals show up, but the warblers were a highlight, never before seen here.

    One, Two, Three,… « Fairegarden 2010

  • May is coming up and you get the warblers, which is the most frustrating and confusing time of year for singing.

    Easter sunrise — Ohio. Ann Althouse 2009

  • But I make a few exceptions in the case of those that I may perhaps call warblers of distinction -- warblers that stand out from among their fellows on account of their architectural skill, their peculiar habits, or unusual colouring.

    Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

  • Who never _will_ catch worms and flies, as smaller "warblers" do,

    Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 10, June 4, 1870 Various

  • Their life is thus one of perpetual danger in a far greater degree than with other passerine families, such as warblers, tyrants, finches, thrushes, &c.; while an exclusively insect diet, laboriously extracted from secret places, and inability to change their climate, contribute to make their existence a hard one.

    The Naturalist in La Plata 1881

  • The first wheatears have returned to the islands, and chiffchaffs and willow warblers are beginning to pass through on their spring journeys.

    Country diary: South Uist 2011

  • Other success stories include the river Nar in Norfolk, which now yields sea trout as well as dace, chub and brown trout, while birdwatchers can enjoy kingfisher and reed warblers as well as admiring 12 species of dragonfly and marsh orchids.

    Rivers the healthiest in a generation due to stricter pollution controls 2011

  • But it's no use, they – the reed warblers, Pete and Sue – seem to be genetically programmed to serve the monsters.

    Outnumbered – review 2011

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