Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
yaffle . Alsoyappingale .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.), Prov. Eng. The yaffle.
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- noun archaic the
European green woodpecker ,Picus viridis
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Never in all my wanderings afoot had I seen a yaffingale dusting himself like
Afoot in England 1881
mollusque commented on the word yaffingale
You're slipping, reesetee!
May 4, 2008
reesetee commented on the word yaffingale
I think not. See yaffle. :-)
May 4, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word yaffingale
Yes, yaffingale is yet another common name for the European green woodpecker.
January 1, 2009