highhole

[ hahy-hohl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

1785–95; earlier highwale, hewhole, variant of hickwall

Pages 31, 79, 95: Retained inconsistent spellings of highhole/high-hole.

This note of the highhole is irrepressibly exuberant and ringing with energy.

The highhole is in evidence, and his rattling call is calculated to awake the sleepers in that pasture at least.

The most common are: flicker, highhole, yellow-hammer, and golden-winged woodpecker.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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