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单词 prothonotary warbler
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prothonotary warbler

noun
A North American warbler, the male of which has a golden-yellow head, breast, and underparts.
  • Protonotaria citrea, family Parulidae.
The Connecticut Rare Bird Alert, a recorded telephone announcement, sometimes brings news of a prothonotary warbler or a Kentucky in the vicinity....
  • One prothonotary warbler does not make a May Day, but Shakespeare has bare ruined choirs full of them.
  • Then we turn into a driveway-width water-lane, drifting along under arching tupelos and willows in new leaf, startled only by the emphatic song of prothonotary warblers.

Origin

Late 18th century: named with reference to the saffron colour of the robes worn by clerks to the Pope (see Protonotary Apostolic).

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