Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tennessee warbler

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.75 in modern English

Syllables: ten-nessee war-bler
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Oreothlypis peregrina, a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America and South America.

Example Sentences

"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."

Inflected Forms

Tennessee warblers (plural)

Synonyms

Tennessee

Questions

What does tennessee warbler mean?: Oreothlypis peregrina, a New World warbler that breeds in eastern North America and winters in Central America and South America.

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