† filladyfillidayn.
Obsolete.
Some bird in Newfoundland.
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1620 J. Mason Briefe Disc. New-found-land 4 The fowles are..Butters, blacke Birds with redd breastes, Phillidas.
1622 N. H. Let. 18 Aug. in Whitbourne Newfoundland The Fowles and Birds of the Land are Partriges, Curlues, Fillidayes..and such like.
1623 R. Whitbourne Disc. New-found-land 7 Filladies, Nightingales, and such like small birds.
1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 100 Filladies are small singing Birds.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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