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Webster 1913 Edition
Yaffle
Yaf′fle
(yăf′f’l)
, Noun.
[Probably imitative of its call or cry.]
(Zool.)
The European green woodpecker (
Picus viridis
syn. Genius viridis
). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle
, hewhole
, highhoe
, laughing bird
, popinjay
, rain bird
, yaffil
, yaffler
, yaffingale
, yappingale
, yackel
, and woodhack
.