yaffle
Britishnoun
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another name for green woodpecker
Etymology
Origin of yaffle
C18: imitative of its cry
Example Sentences
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From above the hedges the sleepy cows looked down; a yaffle laughed a field or two away; in the sycamores, which had come out before their time, the bees hummed.
From The Country House by Galsworthy, John
The laughing cry of the green woodpecker, or "yaffle," as the bird is by onomatopoeia called in some parts, is regarded as a sign of rain.
From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Savory, Arthur H.
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