nettle creeper
noun
British regional any of several warblers of the genus Sylvia which nest among nettles beneath hedges; especially the whitethroat, S. communis, the blackcap, S. atricapilla, or the garden warbler, S. borin.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Rutty (1698–1775), physician.
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