Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The gardenwarbler, Sylvia hortensis.
- noun Some similar British warbler, as the willow-warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus, or the chiffchaff, P. rufus. See also cut under
chiffchaff . Alsopettychaps .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) See
pettychaps .
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- noun Alternative form of
pettychaps .
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A rare, and I think a new, little bird frequents my garden, which I have great reason to think is the pettichaps: it is common in some parts of the kingdom; and I have received formerly several dead specimens from
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 Gilbert White 1756
chained_bear commented on the word pettichaps
"'But you will admit that it is whimsical to make distinctions between the lesser pettichaps and her kin, counting their wing-feathers, measuring their bills, and to neglect the albatrosses, the great soaring birds of the world...'"
--Patrick O'Brian, The Thirteen Gun Salute, 147–148
March 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pettichaps
Ooh, another bird nickname! Thanks, c_b.
March 4, 2008