noun
American warbler noted for imitating songs of other birds
• Syn: ↑Icteria virens
• Hypernyms: ↑New World chat, ↑chat
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noun : a large American chat (Icteria vireus) that is greenish brown above with a bright yellow throat and breast and a white abdomen, that breeds chiefly in the eastern half of the U.S., that winters in Mexico and Central America, and that is noted for its expert mimicking of other birds
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/yel"oh bres'tid/
an American warbler, Icteria virens, having a yellow throat and breast and greenish-brown upper parts and noted for imitating the songs of other species.
[1720-30, Amer.]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.