Yaffingale

//ˈjæfɪŋɡeɪl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis archaic

Etymology

From English dialect yaffle (and under the influence of nightingale), from the sound.

Related phrases

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