fieldfare

field·fare

F0108600 (fēld′fâr′)n. An Old World thrush (Turdus pilaris) having gray and reddish-brown plumage.

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[Middle English feldfare, from Old English feldeware, error for *feldefare : perhaps feld, field; see field + *-fare, goer (from faran, to go; see per- in Indo-European roots).]

fieldfare

(ˈfiːldˌfɛə) n (Animals) a large Old World thrush, Turdus pilaris, having a pale grey head and rump, brown wings and back, and a blackish tail[Old English feldefare; see field, fare]

field•fare

(ˈfildˌfɛər)

n. a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish brown plumage with an ashy head. [before 1100; Middle English feldefare (with two f's by alliterative assimilation), Old English feldeware]

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fieldfare - medium-sized Eurasian thrush seen chiefly in wintersnowbird, Turdus pilaristhrush - songbirds characteristically having brownish upper plumage with a spotted breastgenus Turdus, Turdus - type genus of the Turdidae

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