FIELDFARE


Meaning of FIELDFARE in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌfa(a)](ə)r, -ˌfe] noun

also fell·fare ˈfelˌ-

( -s )

Etymology: Middle English fildefare, feldefare, from Old English feldeware, from feld field + -ware dweller — more at field

1. : a medium-sized thrush ( Turdus pilaris ) that breeds in northern Europe and western Asia and winters in Britain, central and southern Europe, and parts of Africa and Asia and that has the head, nape, and lower part of the back ash-colored and the upper part of the back and wing coverts chestnut

2. : robin 1c

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