warble

A strain of clear, rapidly uttered, gliding tones; a trilling, flexible melody; a carol; a song; any soft sweet flow of melodious sounds.

In falconry, to cross the wings upon the back.

A small, hard swelling on the back of a horse, produced by the galling of the saddle.

A tumor on the back of cattle or doer, produced by the larva of a bot-fly or gadfly.

An insect or its larva which produces warbles. Also warbeetle. Compare wabble.