Meanings
plural Tennessee warblers
- Oreothlypis peregrina, a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America and South America.
The Nashville's cousin, the Tennessee warbler, is just as badly named: neither can be found in Tennessee, except during migration. […] The Tennessee warbler always shows a dark line through the eye and a strong pale superciliary line over the eye.
2005, Bill Thompson III et al., Identify Yourself: The 50 Most Common Birding Identification Challenges, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 303Synonyms: Tennessee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOreothlypis peregrina, a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America and South America.
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Tennessee warbler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tennessee%20warbler
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