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leaf warbler in American Englishnounany of several small, greenish or brownish, Old World warblers of the genus Phylloscopus that feed on insects among the leaves of trees Examples of 'leaf warbler' in a sentenceleaf warbler The bird has been called the limestone leaf-warbler.They are small, greenish birds of the leaf-warbler group, which includes our familiar willow warblers and chiffchaffs.Among them are the two small leaf-warblers, the willow warbler and the chiffchaff.There are three small greenish leaf warblers that visit us for spring and summer.They are closely related, and very similar, to chiffchaffs, with both species belonging to a group called the 'leaf warblers'. |