English regional (northern) in later use. Now rare (perhaps historical). A woodpecker; esp. the green woodpecker, Picus viridis. Cf. rainbird, n. 1.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > birds > perching birds > order Piciformes > [noun] > family Picidae > genus Picus (woodpecker) > picus viridis (green woodpecker) (21) rain-fowl1440 English regional (northern) in later use. Now rare (perhaps historical). A woodpecker; esp. the green woodpecker, Picus viridis. Cf. rainbird, n. 1. woodwall1490 A woodpecker; esp. the Green Woodpecker, Gecinus viridis: = witwall, n. 2. speight1513 The green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. (Cf. speck, n.3 and woodspite, n.) hickwall?1533 The Green Woodpecker. rainbird1544 British (now regional). The green woodpecker, Picus viridis, whose call is popularly believed to herald rain. woodspite1555 A woodpecker; esp. the Green Woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. green-peak1598 The green woodpecker, Picus viridis. yaffingale1609 The green woodpecker; = yaffle, n.1 pick-a-tree1615 A woodpecker; esp. the green woodpecker, Picus viridis. witwall1668 The Green Woodpecker (Gecinus viridis) or the Greater Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocopus major). storm cock1769 the missel-thrush; also locally applied to the fieldfare and the green woodpecker (G. F. Jackson Shropshire Word-bk.). nicker-pecker1787 = nicker, n.7 yaffle1792 The green woodpecker. awl-bird1802 provincial name of the Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis). popinjay1802 British regional. The green woodpecker, Picus viridis. yaffler1802 The green woodpecker: = yaffle, n.1 dirt-bird1847 A local name of the skua, Stercorarius crepidatus, called also Dirty Allan; also of the green woodpecker, Gecinus viridis. yuckle1847 The green woodpecker. stock eagle1884 the green woodpecker. nicker1886 A woodpecker; (perhaps) spec. the green woodpecker, Picus viridis. Subcategories:— sound made by (1) |
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