CHIFFCHAFF

Etymology

Noun

chiffchaff (plural chiffchaffs)

A small, common warbler, Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia.

Any of several other species of the same genus.

(UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable) The song of the chiffchaff.

Source: Wiktionary


Chiff"-chaff (, n. Etym: [So called from its note.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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