Dendroica

noun

Den·​droi·​ca

denˈdrȯikə

: a genus of brightly colored North American warblers (family Parulidae) including the Blackburnian, yellow, and magnolia warblers

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from dendr- + -oica (from Greek oikos house, dwelling place)

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