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Shilfa
{
Sheel′fa
,
Shil′fa
, }
Noun.
(Zool.)
The chaffinch; – so named from its call note.
[Prov. Eng.]
Definition
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shilfa
shilfa
English
Noun
shilfa
(
plural
shilfas
)
(
Britain
,
dialect
)
The
chaffinch
.
1866
, Alexander Smith,
Alfred Hagart's Household
(page 20)
And the birds! not the gray sparrows you see here, but
shilfas
and bullfinches and yellow-yeldrings.
Etymology
From its call.
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