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Webster 1913 Edition
Fauvette
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Fauˊvette′
(fōˊvĕt′)
, Noun.
[F., dim. fr.
fauve
fawn-colored.] (Zool.)
A small singing bird, as the nightingale and warblers.
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fauvette
fauvette
English
Noun
fauvette (plural fauvettes)
- A small songbird, such as a nightingale or warbler.
- 1853, James Rennie, Bird-architecture (page 287)
- On the other hand a young owl, which had as yet only been fed by hand, began of itself to eat by devouring a fauvette which was lodged with it.
- 1853, James Rennie, Bird-architecture (page 287)