YELLOWTHROAT

yellowthroat

(noun) small olive-colored American warblers with yellow breast and throat

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

yellowthroat (plural yellowthroats)

A mostly yellow-colored group of New World warblers in the genus Geothlypis

Source: Wiktionary


Yel"low*throat`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: Any one of several species of American ground warblers of the genus Geothlypis, esp. the Maryland yellowthroat (G. trichas), which is a very common species.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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