• (n.) The European green woodpecker (Picus, / Genius, viridis). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also eccle, hewhole, highhoe, laughing bird, popinjay, rain bird, yaffil, yaffler, yaffingale, yappingale, yackel, and woodhack.
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[Naval Acronyms and Slang] To eat (RN)
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Yaf'fle noun [ Probably imitative of its call or cry.]
(Zoology) The European green woodpecker (
Picus, or Genius, viridis ). It is noted for its loud laughlike note. Called also
eccle ,
hewhole ,
highhoe ,
laughing bird ,
popinjay ,
rain bird ,...
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an armful of dried or nearly dried salt fish; the amount of dried fish that could be comfortably carried under one arm. It was also used as a verb, as in to take up an armful of fish. It also had a more general usage as a verb, referring to the work of spreading, gathering and piling fish.
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East Anglian vernacular for Picus viridis (European Green Woodpecker) on account of its scoffing, laughter-like alarm call in flight.
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