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prettygoodwordfieldfare (FEELD-fair) - n., a large Eurasian thrush (Turdus pilaris) with reddish-brown plumage, an ashy head, and a blackish tail.
Breeds across northern Eurasia and winters in Europe, including in the British Islands. The name goes way, way back, but it's a bit confusing: the Middle English form was feldefare, altered, either by alliterative assimilation or confusing the second part with -fare, goer/traveler (cognate of Old English fara, companion), from the Old English form feldeware, from felde, field + -ware, dweller. Here's the birb in question:
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Breeds across northern Eurasia and winters in Europe, including in the British Islands. The name goes way, way back, but it's a bit confusing: the Middle English form was feldefare, altered, either by alliterative assimilation or confusing the second part with -fare, goer/traveler (cognate of Old English fara, companion), from the Old English form feldeware, from felde, field + -ware, dweller. Here's the birb in question:
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
