Jul. 24th, 2017

yaffle

Jul. 24th, 2017 07:44 am
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yaffle (JAH-fuhl) - n., the European green woodpecker (Picus viridis).


Also called yaffingale, yappingale, laughing Betsy, yuccle, hickwall, rain-bird, weather-cock, and nickel pecker. The name is imitative of its laughing call.

---L.
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