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fieldfare

[ feeld-fair ]

noun

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


fieldfare

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of fieldfare1

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

Origin of fieldfare1

Old English feldefare ; see field , fare
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Example Sentences

It simply means—'good bye, and we are well rid of you'; when the fieldfare goes, the warm weather comes.

The eggs number from four to six, and are somewhat like those of the Fieldfare, only not so large.

Some few instances are on record of the Fieldfare breeding in this country, but these are exceptional.

The hedge-berries are almost gone; and here the redwing and fieldfare have run along the fence bottom in search of fallen fruit.

Mr. Fieldfare pursued this course because he had a deep instinct for being in the minority.

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