willow warbler ExamplesWord Origin noun
- any of several usually grayish-green leaf warblers, especially Phylloscopus trochilus, of Europe.
Origin of willow warbler First recorded in 1840–50 Examples from the Web for willow warbler Historical Examples of willow warbler
The willow-warbler is a rather larger bird with a tinge of yellow in his plumage.
W. P. Pycraft
Three other tantalizing little members of this numerous tribe are the chiff-chaff, willow-warbler, and wood-warbler.
W. P. Pycraft
Ornithologists seem well agreed that the Willow-warbler’s food consists entirely of insects.
Rev. C. A. Johns
British Dictionary definitions for willow warbler willow warbler noun
- an Old World warbler, Phylloscopus trochilis, of Eurasian woodlands