-blə(r) noun
( -s )
Etymology: warble (III) + -er
1. : one that warbles : singer , songster
2.
a. : any of numerous small Old World singing birds of the family Sylviidae many of which are noted songsters and are related more closely to the thrushes with which they are often associated as a subfamily than to the American warblers and are represented in the United States only by the kinglets and gnatcatchers — see blackcap , bluethroat , reed warbler , sedge warbler , whitethroat
b. : any of numerous small brightly colored American songbirds that constitute the family Parulidae, are insectivorous, highly migratory, and chiefly arboreal, and have a song which is generally weak and unmusical but very characteristic for each species — called also wood warbler ; see black-throated blue warbler , chestnut-sided warbler , water thrush , yellowthroat , yellow warbler ; compare chat , redstart
c. : any of numerous small Australasian birds especially of the genera Malurus and Gerygone (family Muscicapidae)
3. : a twirl or flourish to embellish a bagpipe melody