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Definition of chiffchaff in English: chiffchaffnounˈtʃɪftʃafˈtʃɪfˌtʃæf A small Eurasian and North African migratory leaf warbler with drab plumage. Genus Phylloscopus, family Sylviidae: two species Example sentencesExamples - In another group of bushes I found a chiffchaff hopping around.
- People on the one to two-hour guided walks may also hear warblers such as the blackcap, the garden warbler, the reed warbler, the sedge warbler and the chiffchaff.
- Meanwhile birds like blackcaps and chiffchaffs, which are wintering closer to home, are less likely to face bad timing with their food supply.
- Any other two species with DNA this close (willow warblers and chiffchaffs for instance) are invariably considered members of the same genus.
- Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.
Origin Late 18th century: imitative of its call. Definition of chiffchaff in US English: chiffchaffnounˈCHifˌCHafˈtʃɪfˌtʃæf A migratory Eurasian and North African leaf warbler with drab plumage. Genus Phylloscopus, family Sylviidae: two species, in particular the common P. collybita Example sentencesExamples - People on the one to two-hour guided walks may also hear warblers such as the blackcap, the garden warbler, the reed warbler, the sedge warbler and the chiffchaff.
- In another group of bushes I found a chiffchaff hopping around.
- Meanwhile birds like blackcaps and chiffchaffs, which are wintering closer to home, are less likely to face bad timing with their food supply.
- Any other two species with DNA this close (willow warblers and chiffchaffs for instance) are invariably considered members of the same genus.
- Great-spotted woodpeckers drum while chiffchaffs, blackcaps, chaffinches and wrens sing their hearts out.
Origin Late 18th century: imitative of its call. |