English Explanatory Dictionary

figpecker

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A bird, the western Orphean warbler, Sylvia hortensis, prized by gourmets.

Word forms

figpecker figpeckers

Etymology

From fig + pecker, as it was believed to gorge itself on figs when in season.

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