rain-fowl
/ˈreɪnfaʊl/noun
1 English regional ( northern ) in later use. Now rare (perhaps historical ). A woodpecker; especially the green woodpecker, Picus viridis.
2Any of several cuckoos (family Cuculidae). Compare rainbird. Now rare.
Origin
Late Middle English; earliest use found in Promptorium Parvulorum. From rain + fowl.
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