Definition of Parula

1. Noun. Type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers.

Exact synonyms: Genus Parula
Generic synonyms: Bird Genus
Group relationships: Family Parulidae, Parulidae
Member holonyms: Northern Parula, Parula Americana, Parula Warbler

Lexicographical Neighbors of Parula

Parthenocissus
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Parthenocissus tricuspidata
Parthenon
Parthenope
Parthenos
Parthia
Parthian
Parthians
Parti Quebecois
Particular Baptist
Partiya Karkeran Kurdistan
Party of Democratic Kampuchea
Party of God
Party of No
Parula
Parula americana
Parulidae
Parus
Parus atricapillus
Parus bicolor
Parus caeruleus
Parus carolinensis
Parvathi
Parvathy
Parvati
Parvobacteriaceae
Parvoviridae
Parvovirus B 19
Pará

Literary usage of Parula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America: With Introductory Chapters on by Frank Michler Chapman (1912)
"114. Black and White Warbler. Fio. 115. Worm-eating Warbler. Fia. 116. Blue-winged Warbler. Fio. 118. parula Warbler. Fio. 119. Myrtle Warbler. Flo. 120. ..."

2. Birds of Village and Field: A Bird Book for Beginners by Florence Merriam Bailey (1898)
"parula Warbler: ... The nest of the parula is unique, being made habitually in the gray hanging moss. ..."

3. The Ottawa Naturalist by Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club (1902)
"THE parula WARBLER. BY ROBERT ELLIOTT, Bryanston, Ont. (Read before the Ornithological Section of the Entomological Society of Ontario. ..."

4. Chocorua's Tenants by Frank Bolles (1895)
"THE parula j|AR within the gloomy forest Stand the prophets of the swampland, Tall are they, with storm-blanched foreheads, High they lift their arms ..."

5. With the Birds in Maine by Olive Thorne Miller (1904)
"I hastened to get my glass upon the stranger, when I found him a beauty in blue and white, a parula warbler, the first I had ever seen. ..."

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