fieldfare

American  

[feeld-fair] / ˈfildˌfɛər /

noun

1. a European thrush, Turdus pilaris, having reddish-brown plumage with an ashy head and a blackish tail.

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fieldfare British  

/ ˈfiːldˌfɛə /

noun

1. a large Old World thrush, Turdus pilaris , having a pale grey head and rump, brown wings and back, and a blackish tail

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Etymology

Origin of fieldfare

before 1100; Middle English feldefare (with two f 's by alliterative assimilation), Old English feldeware perhaps, field dweller

Example Sentences

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fieldfare

To be honest at first I was more excited about a picture I’d taken earlier, which I had thought was a fieldfare – a type of thrush.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 20, 2015

"I'll undeceive 'em quickly now, I bet a crown; And whether fieldfare, tit, or crow, Vill bring 'em down."

From Sketches by Seymour — Volume 03 by Seymour, Robert

The fellfare or fieldfare, a little thrush, feeds upon the tempting red berries in winter; but even when these dashes of color are all gone, the brilliance of the spiny-margined leaves enlivens any landscape.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen

Flocks of crazy, distracted birds flew close by in great numbers, for the most part finches and larks, with here and there a fieldfare or two, their breasts and underwings buff colour.

From 'Murphy' A Message to Dog Lovers by Gambier-Parry, Ernest

Che-ating pl’y’ll never fie Fig s.  raisin: figgety-pudden, figgy-cake, rich with raisins Fildefare, Veelvare s.  a fieldfare: varewell veelvare, farewell winter Filtry s.  rubbish Fitch, Fitchet s.  a pole cat, ex.

From A Glossary of Provincial Words & Phrases in use in Somersetshire by Williams, Wadham Pigott