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Parula

noun

type genus of the Parulidae: wood warblers

• Syn: ↑genus Parula

• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Parulidae, ↑family Parulidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑parula warbler, ↑northern parula, ↑Parula americana

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\\ˈpar(y)ələ\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin parus titmouse + -ula

: the type genus of Parulidae including the parula warblers

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/par"yeuh leuh, -euh leuh/, n.

any of several American wood warblers of the genus Parula, esp. P. americana (northern parula), having bluish plumage with a yellow throat and breast. Also called parula warbler.

[ < NL Parula a genus name, alter. of Parulus an earlier genus name, equiv. to LL par(us) titmouse (akin to L parra a bird whose cry was considered a bad omen) + L -ulus -ULE]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.